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it’s like a boomerang of boredom it pops out of nowhere unsuspecting laughing loudly in my face as if i did something to deserve it. i have plenty to do i have plenty of people in my life there’s not a reason to be bored. this boredom it can’t be explained. it’s become a familiarContinue reading “when boredom strikes”

I went on a coffee cleanse with some friends about three years ago. We had this club we created and I don’t remember anymore what the stipulations were or what the punishment was if we cheated. But we meant business and I was committed to drinking no coffee and also no juices for an entireContinue reading “Caffeine Cleanses And Solomon’s Surprising Advice”

I was sitting beside the student section at a high school football game the other night. A crowd of rowdy boys sat together, laughing and making an obnoxious racket, as rowdy boys do. Part way through the game, two of their peers showed up. They walked onto the bleachers, scanned the crowd of students, andContinue reading “There’s No Room For You Here”

I’m sitting here quietly with a cup of coffee and my journal. Empty pages staring back at me, pleading to know my heart. It feels like words are stuck in my throat, my hand won’t move to allow the pen to write. I’m feeling everything but I think the escape from my heart is blocked.Continue reading “Do I Have To Walk Through This Desert?”

I have nothing to do this afternoon except water my ferns and drink sweet tea so that’s all I’m doing because you can’t really do something you don’t have to do. That is especially true when you’re a procrastinator like me so who knows what I’m forgetting to do that I could be doing insteadContinue reading “Bored On Wednesday Afternoon”

It wasn’t until I dove headfirst into the broken stories of a society gasping for air that I really began questioning the goodness of a God I had always believed to be good. I thought my faith was strong but it wasn’t long until I was gasping for air, doubting hope exists for this bottomlessContinue reading “Hope is Gone and God is Good?”

“Every writer I know has trouble writing.” -Joseph Heller What comfort these words bring because trouble is an understatement, at best. Trouble washes all over me every time I sit down to write and oppresses me long before I sit my harried self down to write. It’s like a hamster on its wheel, energetically runningContinue reading “These Horrible Rats”

and so it is in life. the fog will at times lay low, threatening to smother the beauty that is everywhere. we wonder if ever we will see the light of day. our circumstances tear away at our contentment. feelings of inadequacy gnaw at the joy that once bubbled from our being. the fog hidesContinue reading “This foggy mess is good?”

When I walked back into the room, things were not going well. The blame game started immediately. Neither girl seemed to be at fault judging by her own story, but both of them were at fault based on each other’s stories. I had been praying for this opportunity. I knew the time had come toContinue reading “It Started With Chaos”

Waves of grief engulf me with no warning, crashing mercilessly over my soul. I didn’t know life could hurt this much. All I want to do is make it better. All I really can do is be kind. I can be gentle. I can listen. I can take time to reach out my hand andContinue reading “Waves of Compassion”