© 2011 Charlena Miller. All rights reserved.
There is this place that we get to if we hunger for love and peace until every corner of our heart aches. It is a place where we have run out of things to try. We have no more tricks … Continue reading
© 2011 Charlena Miller. All rights reserved.
I lingered longer than I intended at the Dochgarroch canal locks watching the boats come through and listening to the piper on the deck of the boat, Fingal. I was hungry and ready to get home. I had a ways … Continue reading
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The Greek guide was knowledgeable about how Santorini and its group of islands had come to be and the geological future of the area. He shared the history of its people and how the last major earthquake had a destruction/construction … Continue reading
© 2011 Charlena Miller. All rights reserved.
Why do I sometimes want what I know will bite me in the arse? What is behind that desire? Is it just the darkness in my humanity–temptation, stupidity, stubbornness…? Or is it the longing of my heart for peace? Sometimes … Continue reading
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Sometimes the question for me isn’t ‘can I say what I need to say?’ But what is it I need to or want to say if I had the opportunity? I imagine scenarios if I saw this or that person … Continue reading
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The wind is blustery today. I am watching a seagull make its way, buffeted by the gusts; yet it flies, readjusting continually to stay on course. What if a person is meant to be a seagull yet thinks they are … Continue reading
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The past many weeks have been another layer of intense reckoning within. Another chapter of my life is written and a new one faces me—the page blank before me, yet a sense of knowing floats and swirls round and round … Continue reading
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My daughter Skyped me this morning and she had a new haircut—with bangs. I instantly was transported to another time. I was laughing and chasing a two-year-old little girl in pink shorty overalls. She had bangs and long, straight dark … Continue reading
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One year. 365 days. 8,760 hours. 525,600 moments. Hundreds of thousands of little moments that were really big moments. Countless decisions, ‘wrong’ turns that left me not knowing where I was. Slowly change was taking place… encouraged by the realization … Continue reading
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Behind the closed doors, when the entire world goes away, let there be that one who stands face to face with us, gives us a wink and grabs our hand as we enter into the world each day. We are … Continue reading