Hope has a Name

It wasn’t the name her mother gave her. Her mother named her Power. I’ve only known her a week. But I’ve been dreaming of her for years. The little one who would join our family. The little one turned out to be almost six years old. And seeing as how I missed the first six […]

Jacaranda (Is It, Then, Enough?)

They call the jacaranda the Christmas tree, the flowers cascading from her branches, Christmas flowers. She bursts into flame as Christmas draws near: a purple canopy of blinding extravagance. Her generosity carpets the ground, a brilliant blanket of purple flowers. what if the question is the answer and the longing is the praise what if […]

Hope

It’s Danielle, here to welcome a very special guest today.  If you’re at all part of the blogging world, then you already know her.  Perhaps you’re one of the 79,000 her followers.   She’s the founder  of The Art of Simple, and is dedicated to the art and science of living simpler.  If you don’t […]

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