Christmas…some years the joy and merry making come easy while others it feels like everything is happening in slow motion and nothing quite gets the wheels in motion. Like you’re bogged down, you know that feeling when your foot sticks in the wet ground. You’re stepping forward but held back at the same time. This […]
Wells and First Loves
First loves are always tricky. Most of the time when first love springs forth you only know enough of life and love to just be a little dangerous. I’ve been reading a book called Emotionally Healthy Spirituality and one of the things it suggested was going back to consider your first love, to unpack it, […]
Team Brandon Race Report Holly Springs Half Marathon
Team Brandon Holly Springs Half Race Report Deciding to Race: I had always considered running this race but just never took the plunge and signed up. I’m new to running, only starting less than 2 years ago (more about that later). I’ve only run 2 other races, the half IronMan in June and then the […]
Borrowed tombs, caskets, and landing on a distant shore
I always knew this day was coming….I just didn’t know the time nor the place. I didn’t know if it would be days, months, or years but I knew it was coming for many reasons. When I started my blog it was with the story of Jonah planted firmly in my head. See Jonah got […]
The Fire….
It’s funny how your body, soul, and spirit, even your subconscious can sense a tectonic shift in reality even before your mind. I remember my first such experience. My dad was jolted awake in the middle of the night by a call from the police. I was asleep, safe, secure in my bed. But as […]
From The Whale's Belly 