healing
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I built an alter You sent the fire Burn up the offering Every other desire Fill in the space The great in between ‘Til I see Your face My heart, make it clean My eyes, make them pure Flooded with light Push darkness back Bind it to night Fear clouds my view I grasp for…
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It was halfway through the previews when my childhood best friend Amanda and I stumbled through the dark theatre, leaving a trail of spilled popcorn, tipsy off laughs and shared margarita flights. We were meeting our sisters and moms on the opening night of the live-action depiction of Disney’s The Little Mermaid. The cartoon version…
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Under the stillness of the cold night sky, our normally busy household sat in silence as my family slept soundly. It was after one in the morning and I was swallowed up in my Kindle, devouring what would become my favorite novel, “Where the Crawdads Sing.” While Delia Owens masterful words spun a tapestry of…