by Emily Wierenga | Oct 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
… is to look closer.sometimes we miss happiness by looking too far for things nearby.(anonymous) by Emily Wierenga | Oct 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
we’re sitting at the dinner table, his food untouched and him asking “down,” our two-year-old son, and we haven’t read the Bible yet. he wants down from the table and we haven’t read the Bible yet but no amount of forcing him to sit on a hard wooden chair is going to... by Emily Wierenga | Oct 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
It’s one of those mornings, when I’ve run out of liquid creamer for coffee. There’s the powdered kind, but it’s old and clumpy and it lands into my mug of caffeine like balls of sour grapes.And there are a set of dishes in the sink waiting to be loaded into the... by Emily Wierenga | Oct 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
i painted this picture long before i wanted children.i painted it in the hopes of wanting children. for so long i hadn’t. it was something i told Trenton on our honeymoon. on the stretch of tent and sleeping bag in halifax, nova scotia, surrounded by happy people we... by Emily Wierenga | Oct 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
i cried in the parking lot, Kasher in the back seat and Jesus Loves Me on the stereo. and i wanted to shut it off, but i couldn’t. for the Bible tells me so, tells me he loves me in spite of my doctor finding a lump in my breast just days after my mother in law... by Emily Wierenga | Sep 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
I toast a sourdough muffin golden, two halves, and slather them with butter and mounds of strawberry freezer jam. I love the jeweled color of strawberries mashed in the making.Red to me is the color of hope.I steep a cup of Earl Grey Green, inhale the fragrance of...