Allow me to paint a picture of the American Dream. It doesn’t start in America. It starts in a faraway place. A place where dreams are either forbidden or nonexistent. Maybe a place of war or famine. Maybe a place of poverty or oppression. Maybe a place with no opportunities. Devoid of hope. Then they … Continue reading The American Dream
Freedom
Cotton Candy Hair vs. Irish Winds
When I was a girl I had straight-as-a-stick hair. I was jealous of my sister’s curls. When I was a teenager my hair was long and thick, and a body wave fixed the stick issue. During college I chopped my hair off to my shoulders, then around my ears when I had children. My forehead was short, so any bangs were in my eyes straight away. I detest hair in my eyes because I am so visual, it drives me crazy to not be able to see clearly.
Freedom
The absence of coercion or constraint in choice or action. Liberation from slavery or the power of another. We all agree freedom is of high value. Maybe the highest. Even if we do not all interpret what freedom looks like in the same way, we recognize the worth of this multi-dimensional noun. It means so … Continue reading Freedom
After…
It is dark. I-can’t-see-my-hand-in-front-of-my-face kind of dark. I-must-be-blind kind of dark. The light has escaped, swallowed up by blackness. My soul writhes, grasping for any flicker or any spark it thinks it sees. Only there are no flickers. There is only the black hole where my heart used to be. A vacuum that sucks all … Continue reading After…
Shackled
I spoke at a women's retreat today. It is a group of amazing women who are changing their lives by improving their health. Several of them requested a copy of what I shared...so here you go girls! Go and walk in your FREEDOM! When I asked the Lord what word he wanted me to bring … Continue reading Shackled
Web vs. Cocoon
I have always been intrigued by spider webs. They are so delicate, yet so strong. The intricacy is breathtaking…a work of art really. To think that an eight-legged creature created a web that lasts through storms and catches its food boggles my mind. I have walked through enough spider webs when hiking to know that … Continue reading Web vs. Cocoon
Surrender…Again
I have learned a lot about the word surrender over the years. It means ‘to yield to the power, control or possession of another upon demand or force.’ My first image is that of disheartened soldiers marching with downcast faces, defeated, with enemies prodding them on, at gunpoint, through snow covered landscapes. Or of … Continue reading Surrender…Again
The Land of Opportunity
I have spent the last year learning about the world. Through the eyes of my daughter, I have seen amazing and sometimes heart wrenching stories of poverty, slavery, and abandonment. I have gone half way around the world to see them for myself. Looking into hopeless eyes causes you to see things differently. They are … Continue reading The Land of Opportunity
Michelle's Mosaic 