10/17/24Somewhere on the road11 months to the day from our first steps onto the Road to Brave Every so often, when we’re willing to slow down enough to notice, we get glimpses. Sunsets, babies, leaves in the breeze. Wrinkled hands gripping yours, clouded eyes filled with peace, embraces holding tight. Glimpses of pure hope. Glimpses … More In the End
We’re not very good at noticing things nowadays. Subtle things, at least. I notice this too, now, as I attempt to harness my easily-wayward attention to the plow of turning ideas and feelings into words. I notice how long it’s been since I stopped to just…notice. I realize I just recently spent a full day … More Brave Enough to Notice
The verbal scuffle echoed out of our bedroom and into the hall. “You should let me have it.” “It’s mine!” “You’re being selfish!” “You’re selfish!” I glared at my seven-year-old sister with the air of aggrieved self-righteousness I’d mastered in my nine years of life. “I,” I proclaimed, fully believing every word, “am never selfish!” … More Brave Enough to Be Invisible
The Road to Brave 