My lazy eye…well, I wouldn’t mind a change My womanhood My womanhood + pastoral call My skin color My low voice My loud laugh My idea generating brain My passion for equipping leaders My idealism My love for music My love for writing My love for coffee shops My love for busy spaces with quiet…
Author: wordhabit
The Pieces
This morning was both “Ahhhh, there’s so much to do” and “Ok, God, what first?” I took a moment to analyze the work I needed to complete and the time I had left in which to complete it. Suddenly everything became simpler, possible. It wasn’t enough that I knew the tasks–I had to know what…
Woman Pastor Gratitude
When I realize that washing my hair and putting it up will take less time than braiding it in two …I say thank you, God When I decide to wear pantyhose for the first time in eons and they don’t run …I say thank you, God When I hand off my baby (who promptly begins…
Everyday Incongruence
We’re living in whirlwinds Sucking up airless moments Fleeting Gasp gasp gasping . We used the metal concert gates as stretchers for the injured for the deceased . She asks me what the red stuff is. I pretend not to know. Two year olds shouldn’t be able to identify someone else’s blood. . How was…
Shifts
It’s almost 5am and I’ve been awake for a couple of hours in what has felt like sacred time. I didn’t want to wake so early and certainly had no intention of staying awake. But after my 7-month-old began to cry and wasn’t settling down too quickly and after a trip to the bathroom, I…
What dreams are made of
The rain had begun to pour. My friend Daniela was teaching us (a medium sized group of people standing in the rain) about something and had to walk up a fairly steep hill in order to dodge the car traffic and not get soaking wet. Once up there, she had to come back down to…
Everything
It’s not a pending doom; I’m not that melodramatic. It is a change, however, and a big one that I know I can’t be perfectly prepared for. That’s part of the problem, really.