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in which i sing a lullaby with my dad

by Emily Wierenga | Aug 18, 2012 | anorexia, eating disorder, healing, lullaby, minister's daughter, pastor's daughter, redemption, singing, song, wholeness

you know this. you know about my relationship with my dad growing up. how he was a wonderful pastor and sometimes an absentee father, how he read us bible stories and kissed us on the cheeks and home-schooled us in french and music yet didn’t really know how to...

inked (proof that God cares–even about tattoos)

by Emily Wierenga | Apr 30, 2012 | anne lamott, fear, Jesus, lilies, minister's daughter, tattoo

trent warns me before i leave for the city, “don’t get it if you sense the spirit telling you no.”i nod into the rearview, pray for courage to deny myself the ink, because it’s my mother’s day gift to myself. this tattoo designed by a...

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