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Knowing you
Looking back now I wonder if I truly saw you for ALL you were the good and the bad Because instead everything you were effected me Each word and action lensed selfishly There was no you Just me and all my needs all my insecurities To know you at all I had to let go Continue reading
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The Start
There I was walking along shoulders hunched head down following orders projecting a joy determined by others molded by expectations and then I tripped fell hard jarred awake awake to my reality and to the pain As I looked up a door opened off the beaten path I could not see where it lead but Continue reading
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Unexpected
The first Christmas was hidden in many ways. Rather, than a parade or thousands of cheering people, the birth of Christ was shared with shepherds in a field and barn animals in a cave. Christ came in the most unexpected way, in the most unexpected place. What are your expectations for Christmas? Perhaps you, like Continue reading
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Olympics, Failures, and Tears
Shaun White’s victory did not just make winter Olympic history. For him, it was a personal victory. For us, an example of what to do when we do not meet up to our own and others expectations. What to do when we fail. If you haven’t heard of Shaun White’s gold medal win at Pyeong 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 