you are MADE FOR THE GARDEN

Twenty years ago I can't imagine I would have used a word like “trauma” to describe any part of my life. That word was for people who had been violently assaulted or abused. That word was for tragic losses and…

A few months back I joined an online support group for families with loved ones who suffer from mental illness and every single day since then, I've wanted to drop out.  I can barely get through one story and never…

"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." Jesus Christ

There are many days when I look around at the church and wonder if…

"Remember who you are!" was a phrase I heard countless times before heading out when I was young. My mom's intentions were for me to remember my goodness, my heart and what I'd been taught so far in life, but…

It has been almost a year and a half, but I'm still feeling the shockwaves of that day. It was a routine dental visit that ended up gutting me and hurling me in to a year of utter despair. After…

I have no idea who'd I'd be today had my mind not been so captivated by the millions of beautiful words I've consumed over the years. Too dramatic? I don't know. I've come to think of books as love letters…

Hows that for a title? For real, though. Pardon me while I scrape crusty shit out of my ears. I feel like I've spent the last couple of years wallering around in dung; up to my eyeballs in it. I…

It's funny and sad to think of the boatloads of cliche mantra stuff we come up with to remind us of important things; things we ought to know...we do know somewhere deep but, that wisdom is often buried under so…