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Merry Grinchmas
You can be angry AND find the peace of a silent night.
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A Magnet Cured My Treatment-Resistant Depression
A year ago, I was coming to terms with my treatment-resistant depression diagnosis. Today I sent an email saying, "Just writing to tell you how GOOD I feel!" as tears streamed down my cheeks. A lot can change in a year.
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You Are Here
It's okay to be where you are...even if it's hard, even if it's scary, even if it's not the most fun all the time. You are here. And that is okay.
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Life Is Hard, AND…
Life is hard. We all get our share of challenges, hard times, and bad days, and some days it's hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. AND that light is there. I promise. Even when we can't see it, it's there. It's hard to be alive sometimes, and it's still worth breathing, still worth waking up tomorrow.
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“Christian, I Guess.”
We all go through seasons of faith. We will have hot, dry, desolate seasons when we're desperate for rain, followed by beautiful wet seasons that water our souls. But this...this feels like more than a dry season.
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The “Problem” Kid
He’s “one of those kids." You know, the troublemaker, the always off-task, the low-performing, the disengaged, the “problem” child. But those are always my favorite. 💛
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This Is My Home
This poem was inspired by an accidental line drawn on a post-it note. It looked almost like the outline of a woman's hip, so I drew the rest of her figure, and then started writing.
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Dear Body
I can't promise I will love everything about you, every second of every day. But what I can offer you is kindness. I can commit to approaching you with curiosity instead of judgment.
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Cling
For the one in search of peace.
