Some stories are just hard to hear. They make us cringe and pull instinctively away from the hurt and pain they contain. Tales of human trafficking, abandoned orphans, the hunger and thirstiness of nations. Some stories told, mirror too precisely the brokenness of our world. So every day, with the click of the remote or computer… Continue reading Stories That Matter
A few “story-ish” things to share on this rainy spring day. Last fall when I began to think so much about the concept of “Story”, I discovered, not coincidentally, Donald Miller’s Storyline workbook and website. Working through the exercises in this book provided the encouragement I needed to start sharing and collecting stories where folks… Continue reading Rainy Day Miscellany
Todd and I had the chance to spend several days in New York City. Our 25th wedding anniversary is next month, so when this work related trip came up, we decided to seize the opportunity and use it to check the “anniversary celebration” box. The plan was to use this time away to reflect on… Continue reading The Fire of Life
Parenting is a strange process. You spend 18 or so years preparing children, parts of your own soul, to go out into the world and be independent thinkers and dreamers. And then you wake up one day and realize they have, and it’s absolutely terrifying. Control? Gone. At some point children wander across… Continue reading A Daughter’s Dream
“Whereas story is processed in the mind in a straightforward manner, poetry bypasses rational thought and goes straight to the limbic system and lights it up like a brushfire. It’s the crack cocaine of the literary world.” –Jasper Fforde … Continue reading Poetry’s Story
The Story Place 