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In This Lesser World: Infant Loss Awareness Month
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In This Lesser World. Thursday, October 16, 2014. Infant Loss Awareness Month. So yesterday was the Infant Loss Rememberance Day. This whole month is infant and pregnancy loss awareness month. Which I have mixed feelings about. In some ways it just rubs salt in an open wound, but I guess there's some healing that goes with it too. Today someone posted this beautiful articl. It's weird. You just don't know what to say in those scenarios. I didn't tell that loud-mouthed girl my story. I didn't ...But I wan...
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In This Lesser World: September 2014
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In This Lesser World. Monday, September 22, 2014. Do you remember what it was like. Back when you were by yourself. And you'd skip town some Sunday afternoon. In the spring you'd lave your windows down. And fly past your troubles. Heading toward the new moon? You'd sit there with the radio. And stare up at the stars. Just you and your steel cacoon. And all the thoughts of life and love. Could pour out on the page before you. And it seems so long ago. And those days seem so carefree - lost. If you haven't...
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In This Lesser World: January 2015
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In This Lesser World. Friday, January 23, 2015. News came this morning that Grandpa has passed away. It went fast and he lived a full life. HIs tired old body couldn't keep up anymore, after years of farming and fighting. I'm still processing. One Man, One Soldier. He walks with courage. Though now with a cane, but once it was a gun. Now his steps are slow, but once he marched into war. Never seeing the man he would become. Maybe not understanding all he fought for. He shuffles slowly down the hall.
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In This Lesser World: April 2014
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In This Lesser World. Saturday, April 19, 2014. The Resurrection - Martha. I guess this is my tradition. My Easter poem. It took me a long time to write it this year and I'm not sure it's even that good, but it's stuff I've been thinking about embodied in a bible character. The Resurrection - Martha. Before Jesus even came. And in those days all hope drained from me. While he prayed I wondered if I’d put my faith in the wrong place. Because He could have come sooner. He could have kept it from happening.
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In This Lesser World: December 2014
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In This Lesser World. Friday, December 26, 2014. Rest - The Innkeeper's Song. Lately I've felt really worn out and tired. I had several big responsibilities stacked up on my plate all at the same time, and I just never felt like I recovered before Christmas hit. I've just been tired. Physically and emotionally, more than ever before. I haven't taken time to feed my soul, and my body has been sore and I've been running around trying to get everything done. The next song on the CD was "Oh Little Town of Be...
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In This Lesser World: Rest - The Innkeeper's Song
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In This Lesser World. Friday, December 26, 2014. Rest - The Innkeeper's Song. Lately I've felt really worn out and tired. I had several big responsibilities stacked up on my plate all at the same time, and I just never felt like I recovered before Christmas hit. I've just been tired. Physically and emotionally, more than ever before. I haven't taken time to feed my soul, and my body has been sore and I've been running around trying to get everything done. The next song on the CD was "Oh Little Town of Be...
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In This Lesser World: Christmas Reading List
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In This Lesser World. Tuesday, December 16, 2014. I decided to take a break from facebook and its incessant time-sucking and distractions for Christmas this year. To enjoy my family and clear my mind for thinking about Christ and Christmas. It's going to be a low-key Christmas without a lot of relatives around, so I'm planning to have lots of down time. (We'll see how that goes). Which means I will have time to catch up on some reading. Here's my plan for things to read:. So what about you? I wish I were...
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In This Lesser World: March 2014
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In This Lesser World. Monday, March 24, 2014. So spring break my senior year was pretty great. I think it was the kind you'd call "the glory days" when you look back on it. Just me, my boyfriend and his big brother, bumming around town, staying up all night playing Nintendo and drinking mountain dew. Epic in the true sense of the word. If there were pictures of us then, we’d look back and see. A wounded soldier’s healing heart standing there with me. Squinting against the sun, putting patches on the scars.
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In This Lesser World: December 2013
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In This Lesser World. Saturday, December 28, 2013. It hadn't been snowing or very cold in Minneapolis when we left, headed home for Christmas break. But the closer we got to Iowa, the more trecherous the conditions became. The 80's Cavalier struggled to stay on the road, amidst the strong winds and the slippery roads. It was hard to see, so the rough-housing that Nathan and I were acccustomed to had to stop. No more teasing or half-arguing conversations. Shut up. We'll make it.". We were about one mile n...