by Emily Wierenga | Jan 28, 2013 | adulthood, change, childhood, friends with younger self, growth, link-up, reflection, relationship, self, self-love, synchroblog, youth
Me at 16Me at 32would you ever be friends with your younger self? trent asks me. he’s pulling out nachos and beer and i’m grabbing some chocolate and wine and we’re sitting on the sofa. it’s 9:30 pm. hangout time, which normally means Numbers... by Emily Wierenga | Dec 10, 2012 | a broken hallelujah, christmas, foster children, hardship, humility, hurt, Jesus, pain, prodigal magazine, redemption, synchroblog
Father, forgive me, for I have sinned. For the month of October I decided I was done. We took these boys in last February and their mom had until now to get on medication, to get her ducks in a row, and there are no ducks and I’m done with grace. I’m done with... by Emily Wierenga | Sep 5, 2012 | amazing, art, beer, believers, children, church, community, ed cyzewski, festival, grace, hippies, hymns, imperfect prose on thursdays, parenting, synchroblog, wild goose festival
it’s a collapse of child and mother, the after-supper kind of collapse. we haven’t seen each other all weekend because i’ve been away and we have joey and jin here too. and sometimes this having other people in our home feels a bit like the curtains...