all the time we referenced Him as “Abba,” i didn’t understand. i didn’t understand until meeting my neighbor who doesn’t want religion, my jewish neighbor who teaches her children to call their daddy, “Abba,” my neighbor’s children who adore their…
outside
1. sometimes the whole world holds its breath. 2. i sat outside to take my morning tea. everyone wanted to be there – even the geese.
meriggiare
we have named our apartment “meriggiare,” which is italian for “sit out the noon.” it’s a shaded place, a hot-but-shaded place, and it is welcoming and restful and wonderful in the heat of this desert, and i love that the…
Five-Minute Friday – Identity
I’ve been wanting to join Lisa-Jo’s 5-Minute-Friday prompts for a while, and since I’m taking a bit of time to recharge this week, I have the perfect opportunity to participate. Five minutes of free-writing feels pretty appealing right now. The…
Scribblings: I Wish Online Was Real Life Sometimes
“It’s been quite a journey,” she wrote, and I read short bits of her story and somehow became part of it. She had a hard story too, and for just a moment, I was tempted to compare, to feel smaller,…