Tag: memoir
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THE CHOREOGRAPHY OF BIRDS
preface · part one · part two · part three · part four · part five · part six · part seven · part eight ix. learning to breathe Not too long ago, an old college acquaintance buzzed across my dating app and I panicked and swiped left. The best word to describe what I felt in that moment is a word I don’t use very often . . […]
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THE CHOREOGRAPHY OF BIRDS
preface · part one · part two · part three · part four · part five · part six · part seven viii. a friend for the end of the world I tend to forget that I was half in love with Someone Else when I met Barnabas. I had already planned a life and named our children. And written an acrostic love song using his full […]
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THE CHOREOGRAPHY OF BIRDS
preface · part one · part two · part three · part four · part five · part six vii. remarkably beautiful The better things in life are messy. I am late in discovering this . . . painting and projects; water and relationships; color and emotions. The good and gracious lovingkindness of God continually unscales my eyes to uncover what it really means to be […]
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beets & broccolini
As of about thirty minutes ago I successfully completed my Real Estate Pre-Licensing course with a passing final exam score. Hollapraize. For a moment, the failure to achieve a perfect score made the whole big relief feel like a disappointment, and not worth entirely celebrating. But God is and has been so faithful and merciful […]
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sleep + citrus water
I could use a road trip and a quiet glimpse of the ocean. It’s been four years already. And lately I have wanted to live in this song: It does all the right things; just long enough to keep on repeat. I have no idea what he’s talking about and yet, I know exactly what […]
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