I have set my mind free
given myself permission to turn away
allowed my heart the silence it craved
I have given up a voice I thought was truth
have learned to speak a different language
careful and quick to love paradox
the path is set before me
I walk with joy, with confidence
even though I walk alone
dedicated to Ron and Erika
May you treasure the light each of you carry,
a shield against isolation and loneliness.
May you hold sacred the individuality
and independence of your loved one.
May you love and honour your differences,
celebrate and rejoice in your similarities
and invest time and effort in creating wholeness and solidarity.
May your circle of family and friends surround
you with strength, compassion, and friendship.
May you always uncover the root of difficulties
and may that root always be overcome
with the humility and forgiveness of true love.
May you discover each other again and again,
seeing with new eyes the beauty
you saw in each other in the first few days.
May your love grow, like roots,
deeper and wider with each new transition,
rooting you firmly in the earth, in each other.
May your marriage always be characterized by freedom, hope and trust.
I come home to
the “I Capture the Castle” soundtrack
cry all the tears I didn’t cry this week
in the first song
the joy and gratitude
too much for my heart
I come home to
the bits and pieces of wisdom
still making their rounds
through my head
Dr. Seuss and Julian of Norwich
both reminding me that all shall be well
I come home to
the safety of a God
who doesn’t use many words
isn’t afraid of a little darkness
a God I don’t have to perform for
will never have to prove myself to
I come home
to quiet
to solitude
to beauty
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