Category: Poetry
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Lady Wisdom – Psalm 1
20-21 Lady Wisdom goes out in the street and shouts. At the town center she makes her speech. In the middle of the traffic she takes her stand. At the busiest corner she calls out: 22-24 “Simpletons! How long will you wallow in ignorance? Cynics! How long will you feed your cynicism? Idiots! How long…
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Prayer for someone near
You left a disaster behind you. Though your ex husband speaks only kindly and discreetly about you, that only proves his character. Nothing hidden remains so for too long. The truth comes to light always. Your son’s words and reaction last time I saw him this year says a lot. Please, for his sake, don’t…
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A letter
The “20 things…” Adoption Book is pretty heavy, even depressing at times, but I like it. It is awakening. As it says in the beginning, many adoptive parents who start on this path in earnest, they romanticize the notion of adoption. I think this comes from a healthy mind and heart. Nobody would ever get…
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Seasons of the soul
I assumed a variety of reasons for having to wait a year to apply for adoption, but now that we’ve been here for three months I realize how necessary this letting time wash over us is. My optimism gets in the way of letting go and feeling the complexity of this season. Today I recalled…