Day 3 // "social distancing" There are two poems again because Ant is getting a feel for the way I write my haikus and I don't think he's a fan. "It feels like a giant scattered thought. I feel confident in saying that now because it's the second one like this and it's only Day … Continue reading Story Behind the Poem // day 3
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Story Behind the Poem // day 2
Day 2 // "moment to myself" My moment to myself this morning was writing this poem. I slept in until 7:40am and started my Sunday morning much like I'd started yesterday's: next to Ant while he read. I miss Sunday Morning Bible class, but something I'm thankful for that has come out of quarantines and … Continue reading Story Behind the Poem // day 2
Story Behind the Poem // day 1
Day 1 // "through the window" We spent yesterday morning on the couch before heading down to my parents' house. Ant was...reading and I was scrolling through different things on my phone when I remembered that it was August 1st. (How?!) I reopened Instagram, found the saved prompt post, relearned how to post someone else's … Continue reading Story Behind the Poem // day 1
Writing the Everyday // day 3: dishes
Clean the sink before dinner to make cooking easier. Wash the cook prep dishes as Ant or the toaster oven or the crock pot cooks the meal. Eat dinner while watching a movie, playing a game, or just the two of us at the dinner table. Put the dinner dishes in the sink, with the … Continue reading Writing the Everyday // day 3: dishes
Quarantine Day 33 // On Writing, Reading, and Doing the Work
Yallwest this year has been cancelled and they switched it to an online event called Y'all Stay Home, to support the quarantine. I spent a lot of time Sunday night looking at the panels and the special events and scrolling through the authors who are participating. I can smell the ocean and the salt. I … Continue reading Quarantine Day 33 // On Writing, Reading, and Doing the Work
Day 2 // Laundry
Dear Laundry, I have loved you as long as I can remember. Well, I've loved the washing and drying and the sorting prior to washing. I have never loved the putting away. When Ant and I got married, I was so excited to sit on the couch and fold laundry while watching a movie or … Continue reading Day 2 // Laundry
Day 1 // Breakfast
Via Ashlee Gad, the creator of Coffee + Crumbs, on her personal Instagram Tuesday night of last week, I was made aware of Callie Feyen's $10 download "Forty Days of Writing the Everyday". I bought it that night and then promptly put it off. And now I have 6 mins (writing this yesterday) before we … Continue reading Day 1 // Breakfast
Margin Notes: My Journey Through the Bible in 2020 // Weeks 2 + 3
This year one of my goals is to read my Bible everyday. I've always thought a chronological Bible would be cool to read and I've been curious to try the Christian Standard Bible (CSB version), so November-ish of last year, I bought one. For the beginning of 2020, I'm starting in EXODUS. And while, 16 … Continue reading Margin Notes: My Journey Through the Bible in 2020 // Weeks 2 + 3
Faith in the Moving
mid-May: I came across the application for More Love Letters (MLL) accepting writers for their blog in a Facebook group. Writing applications for blogs have always scared me. Filling this one out solidly moved me out dreaming about writing for others and firmly into the Writer category. mid-July: I received an email from More … Continue reading Faith in the Moving
On Living Our Best Life
Today we both wore collared shirts to work. Anthony has been wearing one everyday for two months now. I wore my first one ever today. AND it has the name of the company on it! (It's the little things, people.) It's my second-ever company shirt. I received my first company t-shirt literally two days ago. … Continue reading On Living Our Best Life
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