by Emily Wierenga | Aug 12, 2012 | a sweethaven summer, book, church, courtney walsh, giveaway, God, home, homesick, sweethaven homecoming
I’m not sure but that I don’t always feel a bit homesick. We’re in Ontario, right now, and me with two little boys crowded on my lap trying to find their way back to that safe place. We returned from BC one week ago, spent two nights in our own beds and then, gone... by Emily Wierenga | Jul 22, 2012 | aids, bible, book, cancer, children, colorado shootings, dad, greatest, journey, love, message, mum, parents, poverty, salvation, story
we didn’t get along but i wanted to be like him.every morning without fail my dad would bow on the carpet and pray to a God i longed to see, and he read his bible and we weren’t allowed to disturb him.mum would scribble bible verses on little pieces of... by Emily Wierenga | Jun 13, 2012 | book, christian hosoi, drugs, forgiveness, giveaway, God, hosoi, inmate, junkie, pastor, skateboarding, testimony, tony hawk
i first wrote about christian hosoi when i was newly married.i was associate editor of a small newspaper, living with trent in a tiny bunaglow in the city with an apple tree in the backyard and a loft in which i painted and i was deep in the relapse of anorexia. at... by Emily Wierenga | May 30, 2012 | anorexia nervosa, art, book, chasing silhouettes, families, giveaway, hope, hungry, imperfect prose on thursdays, love, pre-order, starving
The nurses murmured to each other under fluorescent lighting as I lay shivering on the metal hospital bed, cold. Later, I would learn that they had marveled at my hypothermic, sixty-pound sack of bones, reasoning, “She should be dead.” I was a breach of science; a... by Emily Wierenga | Feb 6, 2012 | book, champagne, contract, dreams, faith, God
my paintings are being exhibited this month at a local gallery. i had about five visitors friday afternoon, most of them members of the art club.the rest of the time i sat in the back-room of the gallery, writing. after four hours, i leaned my head on the plastic...