HeartStrung

People come and go. It never gets easier losing a friendship

Faith (noun):      1.  mental acceptance of and confidence in a claim as truth without evidence supporting the claim.     2.  the theme for members of illuminate for January and February 2021. *** I’ve been thinking about this theme for two months now, asking myself what, if anything, I have to say on the subject. In all honesty, I haven’t come up with much in the near 60 days I’ve had to ponder this. But as I stood in the shower today, letting the hot water wrap me in an envelope of wet warmth, the smell of Indian lilac filling my nose and bringing me back into myself, the first thing that settled in my mind was about faith in relationships. I’m no stranger to insecurity in my life. There are days I feel so insecure that I lash out and make accusations or demands that are ridiculous. Sometimes, my mind is so empty of confidence and so full of paranoia I want to crawl into the bed and hide under the covers permanently. I’ve been known to sabotage my ow...

winter memories, dedicated to my sister we made paths in snow unique designs every time just using our feet  

cracked down the middle exposed and raw from the truth you are blind to it

it doesn't matter what I feel or what I think still, you carry on