The morning in Rubiães was cool,sixteen degrees Celsius beneath a smiling sun.We began climbing with the Glorious Mysteries,our fingers wrapped around the rosary. We prayed as the road rose steeply,reciting, sweating and breathing heavily.The glory on our lips met the strain in our bodies,and prayer became as breathless as the climb. We barely held onContinue reading “Strong Enough to Remain Faithful”
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Bridge Over Aching Waters
I awoke in Barcelosto the crow of an imaginary rooster,calling me from sleepand back towards the cave of my heart. But pain had awakened before me.It waited inside my right knee,whispering that I should abandon the roadand separate myself from the group. Fear quickly became worry.Worry began drawing me towards desolation,where every difficulty appeared largerandContinue reading “Bridge Over Aching Waters”
Beyond the Reef
Vulnerability,Brené Brown says it’s uncertainty, risk, emotional exposure—but it feels to me like standing barefootat the edge of the sea,where the sand still remembers my nameand the water does not.Lately, the tides have changed.What once felt like a gentle shorelinenow asks me to swim—past the protective reef,past what is familiar,into waters that are deep, dark,andContinue reading “Beyond the Reef”
Complexity of Relationship
Relationships are not fixed like lifeless statues. Rather, they are organic, fluid, and moveable, able to change, existing like a conveyor belt on a continuum, constantly shifting and evolving. We are either hated or loved, accepted or rejected, or we experience relationships at some point between these extremes. Some people love us, and othersContinue reading “Complexity of Relationship”
