by Emily Wierenga | Feb 12, 2012 | family, fostering, God, love, photos
(i’ve asked my brother, who’s a computer-genius, to come up with a prayer-button for us; thank you, for the peace that passes when you fold your hands for us… you don’t know, how we need you right now… love, e.) by Emily Wierenga | Jan 30, 2012 | anne lamott, compassion, love, marriage
i adore men.i really do.my husband in particular.but sometimes they drive me crazy.to quote one of my favorite people, anne lamott, “part of me loves and respects men so desperately, and part of me thinks they are so embarrassingly incompetent at life and in... by Emily Wierenga | Jan 25, 2012 | eternity, flowers, fostering, God, love, space, time
so we live here, but also, there, straddling earth and heaven, and dr. cicely saunders calls it “the hour of love.” the eternal hour in which we skin our knees in prayer and fumble with forgiveness. all the while struggling to believe that we ourselves are...