I buried my father eleven years ago today. It is the exact day; a cold Sunday that seemed to go on forever. When a funeral home employee pulled me aside that day and asked me to identify the body, I tried holding my brother back, in an attempt to shield him from what I'd just … Continue reading Eleven Years Ago
Author: Miss Poison
If You Really Love Something
“If you really love something, you never try to keep it the way it is forever. You have to let it be free to change.” ―Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes, page 441
Sixth Anniversary
Today is my sixth anniversary on WordPress. I can't believe how far I've come since sitting down on a particularly benign day, and saying "Why not?" It was a harmless move and thought, and I can say I am BLESSED to have remained friends with several people who first started following me on my original … Continue reading Sixth Anniversary
Demons, Live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfR-nFssGzQ Every year, on this day, I share the same song. This year, something else came to me instead and I know it is because I have predominantly focused on myself this past year and worked on my own demons and pain. A year from now, I know I will be in a better place … Continue reading Demons, Live
When We Lay The Soil of Our Hard Lives Open…
“When we lay the soil of our hard lives open to the rain of grace and let joy penetrate our cracked and dry places, let joy soak into our broken skin and deep crevices, life grows. How can this not be the best thing for the world? For us?” ―Ann Voskamp
Written by LISA MARINO-Molchanova 