Story
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Translating the Wind
somewhere between where I was and where I am going, I reside abandoning all other options careless to the chaos of choice the noise ceases and I am still Oh restless heart, make peace with yourself a decade ago I wandered from city to small town overwhelmed by the meaning in every place, person, and moment every Continue reading
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The Three Births of Aurelia Claire
It’s close to four in the morning and I am awakened by the sound of my daughter crying. I slowly emerge out of a sleepy haze, rolling over to get out of bed. I pick my baby up out of her bassinet and try to comfort her. Her cry is loud now, reverberating across a silent Continue reading
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A Brief Conversation with the Sun
“Good morning, world,” she said, letting a ray of sun on her face, “Why I am here another day?” She paused, letting questions shift and arrange priorities inside of her, putting off her daily routine to try to understand how to be human. “To love,” the sun replied, realizing an answer from the world would Continue reading
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Mmm, Tastes Like A Story
I really, really like food. I mean, who doesn’t? Food is so much more than sustaining, surviving. It is also more than temporary pleasure. The best food tells a story. I mean, that’s what it’s all about right? Food and drink, together-ness. Story. I love how Jesus fed people with physical food to represent the Continue reading
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When I Can’t Stand Reading the Bible
I’ve read a lot of random books in the past few weeks. I gritted my teeth as I read about Aron Ralston cutting through his arm to save himself from his boulder prison in Between a Rock and a Hard Place. I LOL-ed constantly at David Sederis’ wit in Me Talk Pretty One Day. I Continue reading
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Let Me Tell You A Story
I am sitting down to write this morning because that seems to be the way I get my lungs and heart to work. Writing sometimes feels like riding a stationary bicycle. You approach it with resistance, maybe a little boredom. You don’t really feel like you are getting anywhere, but later you feel the ache Continue reading
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10 Impossible Things Before Breakfast
There are mornings I wake up and immediately believe two lies: 1. That today is just another day. 2. That I am jut an ordinary human being. I forget: 1. I am breathing. Life itself is a miracle. 2. I am a hero on a journey. 3. Everything is mine, because it was given to Continue reading
Brooke Gale LouvieR 