I am so thankful and blessed and my heart is feeling full ~ What a richly-colored, brilliant experience life has been. On Friday I turned 24 and I can’t help but reflect on the marvelous people I’ve known (and know), beautiful places I’ve lived and visited, difficulties I’ve learned from and been shaped by, answered […]
Savoring the last of summer… “…When Summer gathers up her robes of glory, And like a dream of beauty glides away…” “…Till the slant sunbeams through their fringes raining Bathe all the hills in melancholy gold….” {sarah helen whitman – a still day in autumn} <3 jc
The things that haven’t been done before, Those are the things to try; Columbus dreamed of an unknown shore At the rim of the far-flung sky, And his heart was bold and his faith was strong As he ventured in dangers new, And he paid no heed to the jeering throng Or the fears of […]
It takes a heap o’ livin’ in a house t’ make it home, A heap o’ sun an’ shadder, an’ ye sometimes have t’ roam Afore ye really ‘preciate the things ye lef’ behind, An’ hunger fer ‘em somehow, with ‘em allus on yer mind. It don’t make any differunce how rich ye get t’ […]
Happy Tuesday, friends! I hope your week is going well. I wanted to share another amazing piece of poetry with you. This is by Dietrich Bonhoeffer and was written while he was in prison. It was originally penned in German. I first read it in Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy. Who Am I? Who am […]
i love this poem that kaya’s mor mor judy wrote for her! hope you enjoy it as well…i think she very much captured the “essence” of our little kaya. <3 jc Kaya Abigail Little girl in baby flesh, Darling maid in infant dress. Beguiling smiles or brow distressed She gives the world her ‘personal best’. […]
In these opening weeks of my “Wisdom & Poetic Literature of the Old Testament” class we’ve been assigned to read through the book of Job and also a couple of chapters of commentary in different books. Although I’ve read the book of Job many times before, the Word of God is so rich and powerful. THE main […]
I haven’t forgotten about you, dear blog & blog readers. <3 In fact, I’ve been thinking of you lots but haven’t had much time for writing (something about having a newborn and never sleeping and also the toddler taking up most moments, and their daddy the rest?!…). I do intend to return to semi-routine posting […]
As Summer into Autumn slips And yet we sooner say “The Summer” than “the Autumn,” lest We turn the sun away… {emily dickinson} Isn’t this a glorious time of year? Each cool, crisp morning seems like such a surprise. The days are still long and summer-like, but cooler, more comfortable, and the shifting of the […]
FOUR months to go… until we meet our little MAN! We found out at our ultrasound 3 weeks ago that we are expecting a boy. Three weeks ago we thought I was about 19-20 weeks pregnant, but based on the ultrasound, they were thinking I was more like 18-19 weeks pregnant, so I’m not really sure […]
