Uncategorized – My Beautiful Ashes

Enough

I woke up this morning feeling less than. It felt like a truck load of doubt and insecurity had been dumped on my chest. Thoughts of my insufficiency came in waves, and the emotion was raw enough to bring me to tears. If you know me, then you realize it’s a rare place to be. […]

When the Noise Stops

When I was young, I did my best to fill every corner of my life with noise. It didn’t matter if the sound void was filled with television, music, or people – the goal was always avoidance of quiet. You see, I didn’t like being alone with my thoughts back then. In those days, I […]

Beauty in Brokenness

I used to buy old broken-down furniture to refurbish and sell. For a short time, I even owned a booth in an antique mall where I sold the treasures I’d found. There was something satisfying about finding a piece with good bones that I could scrub, sand, stain, and wax so it looked exactly like […]