 I’ve been approaching the holidays with cautious optimism, bracing myself for the waves of grief I’ve heard will overtake me at random moments these next couple weeks. My plan is in place. Big breath, dive under and listen to the blanketed melody of crest and crash. No one ever taught me about grief. Early on, the nasty […]  She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flittering shadow of an elf owl. We did not know what to make of her. In our minds we tried to pin her to a cork board like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through […]  I’ve got something to say and it may not be pretty. But first, let me share with you, kind reader, the essay I penned eight years ago, when I began my relationship with Helping Up Mission. I’m not trained, per say, by profession or schooling to weigh morality or administer counsel. My girlfriends would say […] |
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by Kathryn Shilling