Category: Daily Responses
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My God, My God I feel broken and bruised. I’m trying to understand but my emotions are confused. Life is a nightmare. God, please! Turn on the lights. I’m tired of all this pain. I’m tired of all the sleepless nights. Sometimes life JUST sucks. Sometimes no matter what you do, you just can’t win.…
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I have 2 doodles that are mine and one Shih-Tzu that I inherited when my grandma went into the nursing home. The dog that was inherited is 13 years old and completely deaf. The first week I had him, I had to learn how to use “body language” because I kept forgetting he couldn’t hear…
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Well hello – officially! I go by Alex but my legal name is Alexandra. Alexandra is a Greek name that means “Defender of Mankind”. Growing up, I only heard the name Alexandra if I was in trouble or something was VERY wrong. I have always liked my name but it does come with some challenges…
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I always wanted love A love that was true Love that was timeless And always pursued I wanted that fairy tale of love at first site That happily ever after Where everything went right I wanted that marriage That risked it all Where nothing else mattered Because we both took the fall I thought my…
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My favorite automobile of all time was and IS the Jeep Rubicon (aka Daisy) When I turned 16, my parents surprised me with a yellow Jeep Rubicon and I will always remember feeling like the baddest chic at school. In the summer, I would take the top off the Jeep, and most of the time,…
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I always wanted love – A love that was true. A love that was timeless, and always pursued. I wanted that fairytale, of love at first site – that happily ever after, where everything went right. I wanted a marriage, that risked it all – Where nothing else mattered, because we both took the fall.…
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In 2023 I went through a process called “Therapy”. Almost immediately, this process made me realize I had a lot of unresolved resentment and pain from a season that happened almost a decade prior. Toward the end of 2023, I wrote out my testimony for the first time and felt like God was telling me…
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Refining is the process of purification (to remove impurities) of a substance or a form. Refinement is time consuming, takes precision and requires materials to go through extreme temperatures. Typically…. refinement takes Fire (aka a Fireplace). This year, I learned that being refined by God is an extremely uncomfortable process. This year, I learned that…
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I love to wonder I love to JUST BE That’s why I choose hiking It allows me to feel free. I love to escape and to feel one with the earth. I love the silence and the feeling of re-birth. I love the trees and the way they sway in the wind. The love admiring…
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The people I admire, are the people who actually choose to LIVE LIFE. What do I mean by that? I mean, I admire the people who aren’t afraid of failure. The people in life who have fallen down and actually know what it’s like to get back up! I admire the people who have dreams…
FIREPLACE POETRY 