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the icy cold of winter buries deep inside my broken

January 10, 2017 by Lisa Lehmann

Winter. She seeps into every bone of our body. She takes away our breath. She numbs every appendage. Chilling us from the outside in.
Maybe you don’t live in a frigid atmosphere. Maybe winter is just a season. Something that becomes part of the “after Christmas mess”. Maybe it’s the part of the empty. The longing. The gaping hole we feel in our souls. When the lights are down. When the happiness seems to dissipate. When the Joy seems to go way.
This is winter. This is her icy grasp. This is her song.

Winter. She seeps into every bone of our body. She takes away our breath.

the icy cold of winter buries deep inside of my broken

I sit cross-legged. Socks pulled up high. Boots on inside to keep the chill away from my bones. The struggling fire crackles next to me. Begging for attention. I poke at it every so often. Moving logs so they can breathe better and feed the fire.

I remember watching my father light a fire hundreds of times. Open the flue. Stack the kindling. Add the logs. There was a method. A deliberateness. He would roll the newspaper into the perfect cone shape…strike the match and let the eager flame lick up the dry paper. Then, before it was completely engulfed, he would gently warm the flue. The fire would be racing towards his fingers, but with a graceful flip of the hand land on top of the warming logs. He was a magic fire maker in my eyes. The logs would come to life, glowing, snapping. Sometimes I even got to strike the match. It was like being invited into some sacred ceremony. I could feel the importance. I often struggled with a match. My fingers not quite as adept as they are now. Nervous. And those tall matches. They were not easy to hold in my tiny hands. But he was patient with me. I loved those moments.

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Filed Under: depression, Uncategorized Tagged With: broken, brokenness, forgiveness, hope, light, love

That Friday I crumbled. But still. I rise.

September 27, 2016 by Lisa Lehmann

On Friday I crumbled. Not just in my head. Not a few random tears. No. I literally crumbled. My body into a wall…in a corner…on the floor…crumbled. Tears full of hurt and anger and sadness. The wall was there. I slammed into it and I said, “I just can’t anymore.” And then. I crumbled.

As I sat sobbing in my studio with the door closed I wondered if anyone would hear me. Or could see me. Like really SEE me. I wondered if I ever really counted in the first place.

Crumbled.

My body into a wall…in a corner…on the floor…crumbled.

Friday. It was my son’s 21st birthday. My manchild. My oldest. My only son. And as immensely proud as I am of this boy… I cannot fathom that he is 21. Where of the years gone? Where has my life gone? Have I made an impact on him? Is he really prepared for adulthood? Did I fail as a mother? Did I do…enough?

mother son love even at 21.

Am I being unreasonable? Is my thinking unclear? Possibly. I know I have not failed. I know it. He is an amazing human being. But I look at him AND his three sisters and I wonder if I’m doing okay. [Read more…] about That Friday I crumbled. But still. I rise.

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Filed Under: depression, Uncategorized Tagged With: angst, artist, but still i rise, depression, fear, jesus, love, maya angelou, motherhood

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