Tag: hope
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light has blinded shame
I walk in a wide place.
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as it is
Lately I’ve been feeling like the frustrated loser at the beginning of an underdog sports film. I think in the left hand of my liberated rejoicing over the absolute and supreme capability of the Creator who never intended for me to fend for myself, I might actually be grieving the absolute inadequacy of my own […]
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a thoroughly celebrated thirty-something
In the weeks leading up to my birthday, I noticed a few subtle signs of aging; but probably not the ones most readily associated with accumulating years . . . I noticed that I have become the woman who sometimes has barely perceptible music playing in the background of her life. Like the ladies in […]
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creature comforts
In 2017, I tumbled for a whole entire year. As I was evaluating my online presences (again), I kept wanting to be beyond tumblr, but I’m not. Some days it’s just comforting to scroll through my accumulated photographs of black girl magic and black boy joy and palm trees and barrels and surf boards. There […]
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joy + good things
what joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord, who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. when they walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs. the autumn rains will clothe it with blessings. they will continue to grow stronger, and each of them will […]
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