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Last Friday I spent the day numb. Staring at my screen, getting nothing actually done except trying to process my feelings through pounding the keys on my Mac. From the outside I probably just looked like a writer, really into whatever she was writing. Inside, I was in turmoil. After skimming the headlines on myContinue reading “Into the Darkness and Back Again : Depression During Lockdown”

I am a classic introvert. Always have been. Nothing ambiguous here. My mother says when I was two-years-old she used to come and try to get me after my naps. I would be awake in my crib, talking/playing contentedly. Upon seeing her enter the room I would flail and yelp, “No!” and Mom, hands upContinue reading “introvert musings”

Don’t hug your friends.Just a wave and an anxious smile,No handshakes, please.Yes, darling, I will kiss you…After the recommended waiting period.Let us trade passion for caution,At least for two full weeks.I would move mountains for you!(As long as they are not in China or Italy.)Forget roses – I have toilet paper and hand sanitizer.I’ll leaveContinue reading “Love in the Time of COVID-19”

When I was a teen I would sit out on the metal field gate at our farm and stare up at the night sky, asking God for what He probably gets sick of hearing : true love. But I had no idea what that meant, so God probably laughed a bit at this silly, overly-romanticContinue reading “true love vs. real life love”

It’s 6am on a Friday morning and I’m about to hustle my three children and husband to get ready so we can drive to the airport, all in the hopes of seeing their grandpa on his layover for an hour. He is on his way home from Africa, where he and my younger brother attemptedContinue reading “a heart for adventure”