October 2021
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Chasing the Mountains
I’m chasing the mountain top views But along the way I want to remember To look for your gifts Less visible than mountains But no less grand The trail contains So many of your treasures The insects jumping from the path The birds resting in the trees A cool breeze to refresh A moment to Continue reading
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Remains True
“The Quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while the company is true.” – Tolkien Has it felt as though the journey you are on stands upon the edge of a knife? I must admit, I feel that Continue reading
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Love Mingled with Grief
“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.” – Tolkien In my last post, I wrote about the reality of grief and how it Continue reading
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There’s No Going Back
“How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand…there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep, that have taken hold.” Though I recognize this quote may discourage some, I Continue reading
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Altogether Unexpected
“This is a story of how a Baggins had an adventure, and found himself doing and saying things altogether unexpected.” – Tolkien Oh the comfortable life we cling to! As humans, just like hobbits, many of us cling to the routines of life. Even when we are called adventurous, we may come to realize, in Continue reading
About Me
An obsessive journaler who loves meeting others along their journey and giving them a hand to hold through pieces of writing. I write about the heartbreaks of life and the joys, the ups and downs, and I often learn my greatest lessons and miracles from nature.
Joyful Ruins 