© 2012 Charlena Miller. All rights reserved.
Fate. The hand one is dealt. The idea of serendipity. One’s path. Destiny. God’s design. Does fate play its lovely hand and our freedom is in taking hold of it and going wherever it goes… or doesn’t go? Is fate … Continue reading
© 2012 Charlena Miller. All rights reserved.
Fearful. Uncomfortable. Awkward. Worse… Unseeing. Unwilling. Silent. You are not mine so I don’t have to know you. I can pass you by. Skirt the edges of your existence. You are not like me so your heart surely must not … Continue reading
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I fight the unknown. I attempt to move everything, as quickly as I encounter it, from the unknown to the known. I now see that there are things that remain a mystery. There is much about God and life that … Continue reading
© 2012 Charlena Miller. All rights reserved.
Hand in hand, jumping over sidewalk cracks and crunching leaves on the long, weekly walk to the library. Big boy ‘work’ time in the café together—one writing down words and the other absorbed in a Nook. Night night kisses—one on … Continue reading
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Epic. Small. Once. Eternal. Significant. Fragile. Mundane. Brilliant. Lonely. Lovely. Repressed. Sensual. Brutal. Blessed. Life. Open up. Risk. Be the fool. Learn. Steady our fearful shaking. Grow strong enough to be weak. Love boldly even when it is certain that … Continue reading
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Throughout the last year and a half I have shared many of the moments and experiences of my life on these pages. I have found that I have struggled with writing my book and writing here. I thought that it … Continue reading
© 2011 Charlena Miller. All rights reserved.
Whether by my own choice or others, I am often the navigator when hiking or cycling. Inevitably I will halt in the middle of a path and say that I’m not sure if we’re going in the right direction and … Continue reading
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Recently I attended the Highland Games near a small village about ten or fifteen miles outside of Inverness. There were so many families and children there. It was a true community event. This veg and fish eater happily ate a … Continue reading
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These trees are on the land of Clan Donald, which is in the Sleat Peninsula on the Isle of Skye off the west coast of Scotland. These trees are incredibly tall and have been there for a long time. They … Continue reading
© 2011 Charlena Miller. All rights reserved.
Believe. Believe that it will come to be even though in this moment it looks like it will not. Believe in the amazing. Miracles. Little ones. Big ones. If we don’t see the amazing, does that mean it doesn’t exist? … Continue reading