I’m joining #FiveMinuteFriday over at Kate Motaung’s place. The word prompt is CONTROL. Below is five minutes of free flow writing. The forward slashes (//) indicate where the timer started and ended. Your turn! Join us at Kate’s place. //Control+Alt+Delete. Lock computer screen. Walk away, take control. Except I have none. The baby is fussy, my fingers are… Continue reading #FiveMinuteFriday: CONTROL (a poem)
Tomorrow morning I will wake and my tween son and teenage daughter will wake with their dads and stepmoms. Not with me. It’s been this way for years and it doesn’t get any easier. I’m being transparent for you in this sliver of vulnerability because I can’t be the only mom who is fit, a… Continue reading Begin Again: Endure the Inner Battle With Renegade Faith
Last year I chose White Space as my 2016 phrase. It worked out most days. I had to keep reminding myself of the commitment I’d made to live a life of less mental traffic. This was the only way I could deliberately make room for God. I’m glad I did it. It was completely inspired… Continue reading Ringing in the New Year – 2017 Soul Playa
Gratitude is waking to a newborn baby’s cry, the smell of homemade tamales and grit of the earth lingering in the kitchen, established traditions and new ones waiting to be made, a hot cup of coffee after a marathon of wakefulness, a prayer and care package for those standing strong at Standing Rock, a respect… Continue reading Thanksgiving Note
You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. 2 Corinthians 9:11 No doubt this week you are preparing for a festive Thanksgiving. My husband and I will be preparing a more intimate dinner at home as… Continue reading Happy Thanksgiving from Cisneros Cafe
//These times change us. Malleable feelings summon us when relationships get sideswiped by the unknown; we must remain dependent only on the triple braided cord. God changes us even when our circumstances remain static. Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes 4:12 … Continue reading God Changes Us Even When Our Circumstances Remain Static
I’m joining #FiveMinuteFriday over at Kate Motaung’s place. The word prompt is TEST. It is also Day 7 of #write31days with Christina Hubbard at Creative and Free. Below is five minutes of free flow writing. The forward slashes (//) indicate where the timer started and ended. Go! Lately, I don’t feel like myself. I’m being open and… Continue reading #FiveMinuteFriday: Test
//There our clothes hang like papel picado (perforated paper), across the clothesline, in our backyard. The sun grips the fabric desperate to start a fire. My clothes hang upside down like Junie’s attempts to hustle our attention. His face is drained of blood and filled with purple tinges – an asthmatic who is tempting fate. “Stop that,… Continue reading Have You Been Hung to Dry?
I’m joining #FiveMinuteFriday over at Kate Motaung’s place. The word prompt is FIVE. Below is five minutes of free flow writing. The forward slashes indicate where the timer started and ended. Go! //Five – the number of times I saw her hands bend and pull at the silken fabric she fed elegantly into her sewing machine.… Continue reading #FiveMinuteFriday: Five
I’m joining #FiveMinuteFriday over at Kate Motaung’s place. The word prompt is HEAL. Below is five minutes of free flow writing. The forward slashes indicate where the timer started and ended. Go! Is it possible that God can heal you before you know you are injured? //Sunday afternoon worship pulled from my very core an emotional… Continue reading #FiveMinuteFriday: Heal
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