Of Kindergartens and Kings

Of Kindergartens and Kings

January 29, 2024Posted inLife After ConventTags: , , , , , , , , , , , No Comments
"Why can't I just stay home with you, Mommy?" my son would ask me, day after day. I wrapped him up in a big bear hug. "Well," I explained, "I am not a good teacher. I want someone who knows what they're doing to teach you." Still, I thought about it. Maybe I could homeschool my son instead.
The Cloistered Heart, Part 3: Spiritual Heartache

The Cloistered Heart, Part 3: Spiritual Heartache

August 20, 2023Posted inLife After ConventTags: , , , , , , , , , , No Comments
You said you have so long waited...for the convent of the heart.  When I first found Nancy Shuman's book, The Cloistered Heart, I just kept saying to myself, "How does she know?"  -Email message from Cora Brown, a Cloistered Heart
Song of Songs

My Two Valentines

February 14, 2023Posted inLife After ConventTags: , , , , No Comments
I wrote as if I had an audience. As if someone else would someday want to know what had happened to me on November 29, 2013. My heart told me that this little “thing” was the real thing—the first flowering of my betrothal to Christ, and a gift that would never be taken away from me, as long as I lived.