Posts Tagged ‘The Secret Life of Bees’
Cheesecake with cherries and I won’t go away….
I want a quick time-out to say plain what this story is not. I’m not moralizing; don’t have an agenda. If I ever carry a sign, it would be to champion hope. Women face impossible decisions and need a tender grace, not oversimplified, whitewashed shoulds. I’m pro-life. Pro-choice. Pro-solution. Pro-people. There isn’t a whisp of politics about any of this;…
Read MoreCan there be anything braver than love?
My son is home from Afghanistan for precious few days of leave, hearts gathered near to love him hard before he returns. It’s sweetness so sharp it hurts deep and steps heavy on my buried landmines, the debris somehow beautiful because it’s true. There is so much pain in love and I’m thick wrapped and undone, life’s lens turned in sharp,…
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