by mgeisen | Jan 13, 2015 | spirituality
A beautiful book was written and a year later I still love to turn the pages and remember. Chapters full of life, distant and not so distant memories and stories of a life well-lived, Snapshots that share joy and ones that are sure to cause tears, Words intertwined...
by mgeisen | Dec 26, 2014 | spirituality
The wrapping paper is scattered Ribbons adorn the family and the floor Gifts have been “oohed and ached” over and now clutter the couch crowding out the sprawling bodies Contentment and thankfulness fill the room and a brief moment of silence enters as...
by mgeisen | Dec 22, 2014 | spirituality
Dear Grief, It’s been almost a year since you stole my happy and colored my world in black, grays and shadows. You swept in on the tail of Loss and haven’t looked back. Your shadows are the antithesis to the light that arrives each morning and lingers...
by mgeisen | Jul 28, 2014 | spirituality
It was a beautiful, sunny Monday morning – the kind of day that seemed to dare any sadness to enter into its space. But sadness crept in anyway and blanketed a church on a hill as one family came to put to rest one of their own. I was there that Monday morning...
by mgeisen | May 11, 2014 | spirituality
This week I have felt a sense of urgency to put pen to page and write my thoughts on motherhood. I am a mom and I cannot think of a greater gift than being able to nurture children, watch them grow into who God is calling them to be and to bloom myself into who I...