Category Archives: God

February 16, 2012

“Welcome to your Chisel Day… Little One, Welcome…”

Yesterday was a Chisel Day. Absolutely a Chisel Day. You’ve had them too. I am so sure of it. You just may not have known to call it that. A Chisel Day? Oh, you’ll know it by the kind of … Continue reading →

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January 19, 2012

Your shoes belong by the door, coat in the closet by the stairs, and you– You belong Here, don’t worry about another thing.

I’ve been body-slamming God onto notebook pages a lot these days. Rolling God up into a ball as if he were one of the Fat Little Stories doused in cinnamon before set onto a cookie sheet to flatten under the … Continue reading →

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January 16, 2012

Tales of a God Who Knit Her So That She’d Never Need to Knit a Cape.

“You aren’t a superhero,” he said, and lingered in the doorframe for a moment just to see what she would do. To see if she might find the courage, within a chest pumped full with pride, to admit she knew … Continue reading →

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October 28, 2011

“Evey, Evey, I’m sorry it took so long.”

It took me fourteen years to accept Adam & Eve. Fourteen years not to cringe when someone ushered the first couple in the entire universe, the design model for Brad & Angelina and Elvis & Priscilla, into a conversation. The … Continue reading →

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October 13, 2011

Oh, NBD, it’s just the dude who knows every hair on my head chillaxing in the back pocket of my Seven jeans…

I’ve thought long and hard about this and I’ve decided, if you show up in my kitchen tomorrow morning and ask me to how I am feeling about God lately, I am going to teach you how to use the … Continue reading →

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June 9, 2011

“Look,” she told my mother. “It’s me and Fred dancing.”

I wonder how we’ll dance. All of the time. I wonder if we’ll fox trot or side step. Shimmy or Waltz. If the music will come endlessly. If the record player will turn. I picture a pearly floored ballroom. Mozart … Continue reading →

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April 1, 2011

I’d string the trees in Central Park with Yellow Bows for you.

She was fidgeting with the elevator buttons when the tears for you rolled through. I knew upon the first slow trickle, down blush-applied pink cheeks, that the herds of salty soldiers marching from my eyelids were all for you today. … Continue reading →

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February 10, 2011

Sewing… Stitching… Lacing… Weaving… Hours upon Hours, God worked and cried for Jenny.

He had expected to spend the rest of his day rummaging through the cries of Cairo, tuning into the regularly scheduled afternoon prayer services, and finally clearing out his inbox that had filled itself that Sunday before. He breathed a … Continue reading →

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February 6, 2011

I’ll make believe that I would rather attend ten thousand coffee dates instead of ever folding for the one who memorizes my order: Grande Skim Misto with a Shake of Cinnamon.

I expected to walk away from that day with Two Elbows caked in the sheer leftovers of salt water, Two Feet covered in a thick layer of sand, and Two Eyes quite ready to lock up their doors and close … Continue reading →

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January 6, 2011

Are you there God? It’s me, Hannah.

“It might be time for you to go. It might be time to change, to shine out. I want to repeat one word for you: Leave. Roll the word around on your tongue for a bit. It is a beautiful … Continue reading →

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