Mandy Kelly – A Tribute The Blogging world is in many ways its own community, and as in any community and you have people who influence you and who you admire. In my little corner of the web Mandy Kelly was a face I recognized quite often in my feed. She was in my sphere, […]
Thirteen Months of Welcome Grief
His arm reached around me and pulled me close, as if He was trying to pull all my frazzled parts together and center me in my grief. My heart was aching as I felt his lips press behind my ear. Tears made their way down my cheeks. The first waves of grief rolled over me. […]
When A Broken Body Brings Life
And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” Luke 22:19 As I am sitting here, I am very aware of every hour ahead of me this coming week, aware that my body will be broken. I’m […]
For Donna
For Donna A Poem in Memory, By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ I call myself a writer, But sometimes I don’t know what to write. Words seem to falter, Locked inside up tight. ~ There are some people in your life That are not only a part, But something more, deep inside, At the center of […]
The Shadow of Death
Why? I see the pain, the suffering in the world and am overwhelmed. I see, I taste the fruits of death. The old, the young, the guilty, the innocent. So many robbed of life before their time. The child just waking up to life. The young woman, murdered by someone she thought she loved. I’ve seen […]