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The Urge to Resist
I haven’t been writing. The energy in me is taken up by my sons. Zeke is 20 months and Ezra is due April 6th. To say I have been exhausted would be an understatement, let alone mentally blocked from creative thought by pregnancy brain-which is totally not a myth. I have sat in front of…
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Mental Health and the Benefit of Morning
Weeping may tarry for the night, But joy comes in the morning. Psalm 30:5 The morning holds much power for those suffering with mental illness. I have struggled from season to season with anxiety, depression, and panic attacks for years. These experiences consume my whole life when they come. My body suffers, my family suffers.…
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Sequestering the Mother Poem
“The mother is glass through which You see, in excruciating detail, yourself.” “The Mother” – Maggie Smith Sequestering the Mother Poem Becoming a mother has divided my body in portions, passing out small pieces at a time to my child, husband and self. I’ve been stretched to a capacity I formerly did not think possible…
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Tempted by Shame
I’ve often dealt with guilt over my poor and un-Christ like behavior. Recently, I had a pretty bad fight with my husband and said some of the most terrible things I’ve ever said to him. I’m pregnant right now and quite hormonal, though I know it’s not an excuse. We weren’t communicating in the heat…
