broken – My Beautiful Ashes

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 […]

Accused or Accuser?

Old or young. Man or woman. Saved or unsaved. We all make mistakes, We all sin. We all do dumb things, we all have things in our life that don’t work. We’re broken to one degree or another. I know sometimes it might not seem like it. We all know people who seem to have […]