poems
Bedtime Bliss (a little satire on the bedtime routine)
It’s 8:00 on a Monday, bedtime routine has begun. What’s supposed to be calming wind down, is quickly unraveled and undone. Everyone is suddenly famished, and “needs” a snack right now. Casually filling up their water, all I can think in my head is, “wow.” It’s time for 20 questions, handstands, wrestling, running. Apparently, “Get…
No, Not Today
Don’t creep in my mind, no, no, not today. Fickle heart and Satan, you’d best be on your way. You are taking my acts of service, making them drudgery instead. My joy to do what I love, and turning it on it’s head. My excitement to serve now bitterness, a labor of love turned to…
The God of Our Trials
Is there something you didn’t ask for? Something you wish just wasn’t so? But the God of heaven has chosen on you a trial to bestow? We all have felt it at some point the stretching and the fear. The anxious heart that pounds and the unexpected event appear. We want out, we want relief…
Lament and Live
Why am I downcast in my soul, why is my heart in turmoil? What is this nagging ache I feel, through my day and in my toil? It feels like a cloud hovers over and underneath my weakened smile. I hide a mix of emotions, a confusing, disorienting pile. Maybe this lasts a day or…
Weaned off Worry
Do you carry around a burden? a decision looming perhaps? The inevitable unknown that may fall into your lap? Are there things to do next week or pains you anticipate ahead? A fear of something tomorrow a scary future that you dread? Anxiety like a rocking chair back and forth it goes. It comes upon…
The Treasure of Table Culture
Please and Thank You when you ask, enough trust to ask just one time. Let the family enjoy their meal, before you ask for seconds is truly kind. Ask good questions, listen well, take an interest in someone and their day. Be slow to speak and quick to hear, and invested in the conversation stay….
Peaceful Chaos
Sometimes the constant noise, and chatter in our home. Makes me want to grab ear plugs, run away and be alone. Chaos, talking, questions, needs, demands on my space & time. How can I keep on going, at this pace and constant grind? But then counsel from an older friend, and another also brings a…
Concerning Marriage
The glazed over look, the wedding day, Its here! Its here, you sigh. You get to marry the one you love, as you blissfully look into his eyes. Your stomachs turning all in knots, You smile so much it hurts your face. But you don’t care its your wedding day, Keep this moment, slow down…
Not Afraid of Bad News
Something difficult happened, you cannot get it off your mind. Something difficult is happening, and your peace and stillness are hard to find. Something difficult will happen tomorrow, knots in your stomach begin to unfold. I profess with my mouth that I trust you God, but functionally your promises I don’t hold. The panic underneath…
A Servant’s Heart
The grind of the day, the tasks she endeavors. Are par for the course, that a mother does weather. She cleans sticky hands, wipes bottoms and feet. Steps on cheerios & legos, everyday on repeat. Feeds them, and directs them, helps them to learn a game. Tries to plan healthy meals, without making them the…
