by mgeisen | Mar 21, 2017 | spirituality
Grief sneaks up when we least expect it. Memories fill our mind and our heart aches with the desire for physical presence once again. I am learning to allow grief to wash over me knowing that the act is cleansing, renewing and healing. The times of remembering will...
by mgeisen | Jan 17, 2017 | spirituality
Winter’s milky sunlight weakly made its way through the sliding doors. My spot on the couch, usually bathed in sunlight, felt chilled and distant today. Memories pricked the surface of my mind and reality took over my thoughts and feelings. The milky sunlight...
by mgeisen | Nov 22, 2016 | spirituality
Our lives are a series of beginnings and endings with space for everything in between. There are days fierce competition reigns between the two and other days where they peacefully coexist. The extreme highs and lows sometimes appear as grief versus joy. The push and...
by mgeisen | Sep 20, 2016 | spirituality
Life is tricky. The path from getting here to there is not how we imagine it the majority of the time. Our journey leads us through a joy beyond what we know but also drags us through valleys of grief. Over the last month, life has hung in a place between heart...
by mgeisen | Jan 17, 2015 | spirituality
This. has. been. a. week! A week of raw… A week of ache… A week of emptiness… A week for tears. A beautiful, wise grace-filled woman recently described tears as love. In the brokenness of life, when tears flow without end, God gathers our tears as...