We live in a society that does not place too high of a value on children, or the women who raise them. There is a lack of respect for mothers who choose motherhood as their life's calling, rather than an outside career. Even within bible believing congregations, it is very common to condemn large families [...]
One Flesh Keep the flowers on the vine Wait through the winter the sun comes out in time Love is sacrificial Bodies on the pyre What isn't swept away with water gets purified with fire One Flesh Like the sinews connecting flesh to the bone Keep me in your clutches so you never feel alone [...]
This spring weather has been unpredictable. Unseasonably warm sunshine bleeds into dark curling storm clouds, threatening tornados. Some evenings I walk outside and breathe in the smell of the wet earth, growing again after the floods. Then, I take the children for walks during the day and we save half-dried worms off the warming concrete sidewalks. I’m not sure why, but I could never leave them there to wither.
