grief
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Anger – the child/It’s not time
We live in a world of haste. Doing things quick, getting there, sorting it out, being there, NOW. I have a speedy, excited, creative, and usually overwhelmed ADHD brain. I often do want to be ‘there’ now or to hurry someone else up because either my brain has already moved on, or to the conclusion, Continue reading
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Anger – the energy
Anger is a complicated emotion for me. Somehow it became an umbrella term for a range of emotions that are not actually anger, but that I confused with it because of a shared intensity amongst them. Add to that, I heard so many times that my words, tone, and behaviour looked angry to others, and Continue reading
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Compass
When my son learned how to play Minecraft, I couldn’t get my head around it, nor could I keep up with what he was learning. He kept getting lost and not being able to find his way back home within his world. A friend (young enough that they grew up playing the game) showed him Continue reading
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A canticle for M.
Whatever the outcome, this was it. Not a foregone conclusion, not fated, not unchangeable right now, but this present, living reality, is the outcome. What if you fail? What will have been the point? All the effort, sacrifice, stress, and time… so much time. If you fail, I will say there was still a point, Continue reading
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Loopholes for Shepherds
The story goes that when one of the flock is lost, the shepherd goes looking, finds it, and brings the lost sheep home, carrying it over their shoulders. Unless, there’s a justification not to? A flock of sheep lived in a field. Some sheep in the flock had a young lamb who was often sad. Continue reading
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Broken waves
At no point in the last two years could I imagine running on sand with my two children, hearing them laugh, watching them fall over in water and get up again, still laughing. I could not imagine it ever happening. Nor could I imagine that we would have been able to drive a few hours Continue reading
A Thousand Thoughts 