Celebrating E.W. being an illumination of Love in this world.

“…with you, I can just Breathe. I don’t have to squeeze my breath or being, and hope that I’m not too loud or too intrusive (to you). I can full diaphragm Breathe. And sing. Full-throated. Ave Regina…

I bow to the cosmic energy embodied in this life as E.W.”

How might our bevy of lifestyle and home improvement shows invite us to imagine Easter in the ritual lectionary year as a day to celebrate how Christ's sacrificial being and living inspires and empowers us to live our own faithful and mutually beloved life journeys?

For being such a grounding force and inspiration for life and Love when society and history want me to believe that I should least experience it with you.

For Being so unbelievably, undeniably, and beautifully…you.

Symbolic photo of Lou leading us off to be Light in the shadows…

“Any time I think of what it means to be received just because I am, I think of you. And any time I think of community, I think, “If it’s not Love, it’s not community.” Because I’m thinking of you.”

“I hope when I grow up that I Love people like Aunt Jeanette and Uncle Chuck do. That folks know that we get to be whole persons, that we won’t be thrown away or cast aside because someone is displeased with us.

More, that folks know that we are desired for who we are. Because Love seeks and receives us for the whole of who we are.”

Intentional healing means we keep learning to love ourselves and one another well. It isn’t easy, but it’s awesome.

Isn’t greater love what we truly desire in the first place?

Some ruminations on really unhealthy ass advice from friends and loved ones after a break up from a romantic relationship, and why we need to learn to encourage one another better than we do.