Harry Potter and Gilmore Girls. That’s it. That’s all. All things Hogwarts and all things Rory. I just finished book 5 and am not ready to move onto book 6 just yet, and I’m in the middle of Season 3. So much goodness all around. All that goodness is coming in the…
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Day 30 – Courage
“Courage,” by Anne Sexton It is in the small things we see it. The child’s first step, as awesome as an earthquake. The first time you rode a bike, wallowing up the sidewalk. The first spanking when your heart went on a journey all alone. When they called you crybaby or poor or fatty or…
Day 29 – With the Pain
I just finished book #5 last night and I’m not ready to move onto 6 yet. Oh my goodness, these books. Click to find all posts in the series.
Day 28 – Tribes and Sides
Is the road to hell paved with a vivid imagination? I’m sitting here watching my kids dressed up in Halloween costumes, at our secular homeschool co-op, blending in with the other costumed kids. My oldest is reading Harry Potter next to me and I’m wondering if this was the slippery road to hell everyone said it…
Day 27 – Flinching At Life
Art by messycanvas bumped from the archives I jump when they say, “Boo!” Why does my heart race and I feel alarm even when laughter has covered their faces, and I feel no shame in having been gotten? This fear, where does it come from? ***** It comes from sitting on the toilet and…
Day 26 – Self-Care Sunday
Find a show you love and binge-watch. Best self-care ever. I’ve never actually binge-watched a show before and it’s been so much fun. I’ve even given up Mindy and Doctor Who for Gilmore Girls. I’m partway through Season 3. So here’s lots of GG love. 69 Fabulous Lorelai Gilmore Quotes That Show Why She’s…
Day 25 – Songs for Saturday
Day 24 – Illusion
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Day 23: Fight the Darkness
Rachel: birthing Benjamin Madeleine L’Engle Fight the darkness. Fight. Let the night not rise. Push the shadows back with tearless eyes. Fight the darkness. Bright is the loving heart pierced by the sword of light, thrusting the darkness back. Let night not rise. Fight the darkness. Start the fear-filled fight. Love is the…
Day 22 – Dancing On Fear
Bumped from the archives to continue the theme of fear – and wow. We’re coming up on the 25th anniversary this year. “The wall was an edifice of fear…For 28 years, East Germans could not even approach it. On Nov. 9, 1989, people danced on it — and the world looked different afterward” —…