by Emily Wierenga | Jan 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
madeleine l’engle says she found God as a baby when her parents woke her one night and took her outside to see the stars. she remembers the swirling mass of galaxy, how it spoke of a God bigger than the sky and how her parents said nothing, just held her, while... by Emily Wierenga | Jan 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
so here i am, again, and you haven’t forgotten me, dear friends? and i, you… and this morning i scraped a bowl of porridge from a one year old’s lap.and his hand from the toilet bowl and it’s been a week of four boys under the age of four. one... by Emily Wierenga | Dec 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
(i was asked by a reader at my chasing silhouettes blog how to eat during the holidays; this is my husband’s advice, as found here… merry christmas everyone. :)) by Emily Wierenga | Dec 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
December evenings linger long past dusk:the streetlights have been trading their watch since before suppertime.below them, a man pulls cars off a transport and into the dealership lot.snow falls upon the toque his girlfriend bought him,filters through tree house... by Emily Wierenga | Dec 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
It’s Christmas Eve and we’re shopping, piling rolls of paper and chocolates and candy canes, stopping now to let Mum rest, and then on to the rows of Pillsbury dough and eggnog. She’s getting that look, the one that says we need to go home so she can sleep, but we...