“Show yourself some grace,” Terri said as we walked. “Now is a time for you to focus on healing and being rather than doing.” She’s right. When you’ve churned through trauma, grinded through loss, or survived a season of striving and struggle, you reach a point when doing doesn’t answer the bell and step intoContinue reading “Learning to Simply Be When Doing Fails You”
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Sitting in the Morning Silence
I find myself awake far too early. But, it’s one of those mornings where it doesn’t matter what time the alarm clock says—laying in bed, pretending to be asleep doesn’t help. Now I’m sitting here, in the dark, surrounded by silence. Our orange tabby, Boss, sits next to me, resting on the arm of ourContinue reading “Sitting in the Morning Silence”
Words We Speak to Ourselves
Tuesday turned out to be a struggle. It reminded me why I’m on leave and trying to heal. It probably doesn’t make sense to a whole lot of people because my wounds aren’t the kind you can see. Yet, here I am. Over the course of the past few weeks, I’ve honed a couple ofContinue reading “Words We Speak to Ourselves”
