Month: February 2023
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Piercing question
Frazzled, back aching, socks wet, I attempt to dry the second kid after their evening bath. Determinedly silent, eyes on the finish line, I do my best. J breaks the silence with one of her raw questions: “on a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you like being a mom?” I never lie.…
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Smoking in the airport
In line to board the plane. A young woman starts smoking an e-cigarette. First impulse is to move away to not smell it. There isn’t much room to move. So Conrad asks her to stop smoking. She replies childishly: no. Conrad’s got dad reaction kicked in. He yanked the e-cigarette out of her hand and…
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About having a voice
From invisible and underestimated Stepping into the light Being visible burdened with expectations I learn to live With purpose Quiet and clear Humble and bold. I grew up singing Traian dorz poems My theological foundation Music has the power to activate parts of the brain that nothing else could My crossroads prayers had words borrowed…
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The purpose of traveling
If you leave home to go spend money, to feel rich, then more power to you. I have never traveled without a tight budget limit. It’s in my blood to pinch pennies even when we have money in the bank account. We buy our airline tickets then we find a hotel in easy distance with…
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A good relationship
I always remember how smooth my adolescence was. My brother was gone to college, and I had my groove. The happiest years of my life. School stressed me big time bit one I figured out the system and the teachers, I studied hard by it didn’t occupy my entire mind all the time. I had…
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The effort
Livia shows up. I see her. She sees me. It has been a year of brokenness and exhaustion. Sometimes we can’t articulate with all the words the darkness we felt. But in it, there was a light. Steady. Bright. Why did you come? Why are you going? What’s here to do? What’s there to do?…
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Contextual reading
I re-read Psalm 132 in Romanian. It doesn’t have the same hint of favoritism as I sensed in the English version. It does not compare my value and my worth today with a specific dwelling in time and space. I’m reminded of the power of languages. And I don’t even speak the original Hebrew version. …
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Too much or too little attention
The need to be seen, to be acknowledged, is timeless, ageless, borderless. I start from a place of awe and gratitude that I am even included. I know I am valued, loved and safe, but for some reason I have this sense of being invisible. I sometimes take my leave from parties without saying goodbye…
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Dialog despre Adopție
“Un gând care nu-mi dă pace” fraza cu care ne-au abordat mai mulți prieteni dornici sa afle mai multe despre ce înseamnă sa adopți un copil. Așadar îi invitam la o Conversație pe toți cei pe care gândul adopției nu le da pace. La un dialog. Sa confruntam realitatea. Sa aflam despre procedura, despre asumarea…