Trust

Trust. Such a precious gift we can give to others.  And yet so fragile. Like a delicate glass vase.  Once cracked the scar always remains.  Once shattered the time to rebuild is long and tedious.

 

How do you value people?  When they trust you, do you toss it around like a hot potato hoping it won’t come crashing to the floor?  Or do you protect it?  Treasure it for its great worth?

Note: I find I can’t write anything without making corrections as I go.  I’m constantly editing as I type.  I reword things, move sentences around and rephrase.  Its no wonder my post about the topic is so short.  Maybe one of these days I will be able to just let my thoughts flow without interjecting.

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5 Minute Friday is hosted by The Gypsy Mama.  She gives you a topic or word and you set your timer to write for 5 minutes. If you’d like to learn more about it or read more posts, make sure to click the image.

Awake

 

Awake.  Today I woke up to life full of distractions.  Today I stayed busy and never once thought of what today would have been.  Today I walked through tasks, lessons and prayers, but deep down I wasn’t awake.  Deep down my soul slept.  Slept because if I wasn’t numb today I may have to experience more than I wanted to.  But, now as the day turns to evening I am waking up.  Waking up to the thought that today, today would be the day, a day of excitement and joy.  Today if calendars were correct and timing was right.  Today we could have been in pain, but a joyous pain.  Instead I wake up today to the truth.  The fact that on this day I don’t have the baby that we had prayed for.  The baby that was conceived last May.  Instead, I will have to wait to see her precious face.  Today I don’t want to be awake.   

5 Minute Friday: Grow

 

Grow. A word that I used to wish on.  A word that always seem to take forever.  When was I going to grow?  I so wanted time to move faster. Even now when it relates to me, I can’t seem to grow fast enough.  My growth in my walk with God, my growth in my parenting skills. 

Really I’ve twisted the word, when I apply it to myself. 

But when I think about the word in terms of others it takes on a whole new meaning. 

Grow isn’t the final goal it is the process.  It isn’t the future, it’s the present.

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I learned about 5 Minute Friday, while attending the Relevant Conference from my now IRL friend Jodi, from Granola Mom 4 God.  I loved the idea of it, so I thought I would give it a try.

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