by Emily Wierenga | Feb 13, 2013 | abortion, adoption, birth control, children, jin, joey, kill, life, love, motherhood, mothers, pregnancy, sacrifice
Welcome to Imperfect Prose on Thursdays, a link-up in which we celebrate redemption. Today’s Prompt is LOVE.It was one week ago, today.Jin’s and Joey’s mom wrote me, saying she was pregnant again and she couldn’t keep it, she said, and she was... by Emily Wierenga | Feb 13, 2013 | brokenness, divorce, faith, flowers, God, husband, love, man, marriage, relationship, roses, sacrifice, valentine's day, wife, woman
i worry, you know.i worry that i don’t accurately show you how broken i am.i worry that you think i’m a good person, or that i have the God-thing all figured out, or that i never get lonely, or never wonder if people like me.every time i post, it is... by Emily Wierenga | Feb 8, 2013 | abortion, abuse, alcohol, church, cocaine, drugs, forgiveness, God, murder
I’ve invited my friend, Britt, to share her story, here, of abuse, abortion and redemption. Won’t you welcome her, in the comments?I.She knew before she took the test. In the middle of snorting another line of cocaine, she knew she was... by Emily Wierenga | Feb 6, 2013 | Abraham, belief, cancer, children, children's hospital, dark, daughter, doubt, dying, faith, hope, imperfect prose on thursdays, light, scripture, son, suffering
welcome to imperfect prose on thursdays. this week’s prompt is two-fold: a word: BELIEVE, or a photo (see left). feel free to link up below.”there’s no dark valley like the children’s hospital,” she says, and the words crumble like dry... by Emily Wierenga | Feb 5, 2013 | children, damnation, Elizabeth Stone, father, God, grace, hell, prodigal magazine, salvation
my son is sucking on his bear even as he sleeps.he’s only 18 months old and his cheeks are red as apples and i didn’t know being a mother would be this hard. Elizabeth Stone says that having a child is like watching your heart walk around outside of...