Joy

  • Kids

    I’ve had my computer snatched up by a nine year old, and I’m writing this on my phone. It’s never the same, writing from a tiny little screen, without that perfect ‘tap of keys’ feeling. The kids had their cross… Continue reading

  • Embracing Emotional Complexity in Life

    I’m tired and sad, but also I’m filled with love, joy, awe and care. This is the vastness of complexity that comes with adult emotional life, an aching that has a tender beauty to it, almost like a beautiful rainbow… Continue reading

  • The Beauty of Motherhood: Our New White Rose

    She is four-years-old, and knows only sunshine. Even when it rains, the sun soon returns for her, and I breathe her in. Like a drug delivering a pure dose of light to every vein. A few moments ago, her sunshine… Continue reading

  • Merry Christmas

    To my dear, dear bloggy friends. Merry Christmas to you. I’m so grateful for you all. Thank you for understanding my need to come and go with the seasons. I wish only to bring you the essence of me, which… Continue reading

  • Rose

    We are all roses. Slowly opening, slowly becoming a more fuller version of the buds we once were. I’ve been stuck on one row of petals for quite some time now, because unlike the perfect growth of an actual Rose,… Continue reading

  • I choose

    Just one step deeper. One step further into the stars, and I am there. It is rare that I allow myself to come home, knowing the depths and where they can take me. Knowing that real life can never be… Continue reading

  • What is Sorrow

    For, what is sorrow but a moment of joy left unattended. Continue reading

  • Deep Ones

    I choose this kind love. These stars in the trees beyond the river’s glowing fog. This heaven that slips through the layers of my humanity. Life is precious to the whispering deep ones. Continue reading

  • Stars

    How beautiful, to discover the stars one precious night at a time. Continue reading

  • Beautiful

    But isn’t it entirely beautiful to be you. Continue reading