- i hear the wind sweeping the sky, and i am tumbling in and out of soft dreams between my blankets, and the sun is leaning against the wall in my room napping.
saturday.
- stumble into the bathroom, grin at a face sleepy and solid in the mirror. survived my first day of being eighteen. it went exactly as any other day when i was seventeen. i hum to myself, the only one awake in the house even though it's already 7:30am.
sunday.
- always a quieter type of day when you are alone. i slept in as late as i could before my dad fumbled his way downstairs and announced that the cinnamon rolls were out of the oven. i laughed. because i had mentioned that i wouldn't mind them for breakfast, and i didn't think he heard me, but here we were.
eighteen. it has been a series of the quietest and gentlest gifts that only i know of. His precious hand weaving His grace into the very folds of weekend days and weekday hurts. i am thankful.
monday.
- i trace the raw branches with my eyes, we're ten years old, sitting beneath that tree barefoot and skinny legged. who knew the grace of God was stretching its roots into the very depths of our feeble hearts? i press my palm up the window of the past. most people wish they could get it back. i've never been that way. i feel the crevices and old valleys in between those good days.
they have all brought me here, closer to the gentle hands of my Solid Rock. i wouldn't change that for those old juicy peach afternoons and 8 o'clock bedtime summer nights.
my greenbean of a girl wrote a song !! ! go listen. pls.
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Wow, that was beautiful! Cinnamon rolls are the best... Also, congratulations on turning 18!
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wow ur the best. THANKSSSSS. laughies. x
DeleteLove youuuu. 💖 keep pressing forward in hope.
ReplyDeleteand i. love. you. hohooooo. taking each day as it comes. x
DeleteGorgeoussssss. THIS. WAS. GOLD. xDDDD
ReplyDeleteMAN girl, you just write so poetically!! WHAT ARE YOUR SECRETS TELL MEEE.
<333 huggs + love cause YEAH God is good
HAHAHAAA. *hops around* i haven't a clue where it comes from. i think it's just years of practice and reading and laughing and being around people who write beautiful words as well. x muah. ALL THE HUGS & LOVE BECAUSE ur so rite. God is good.
Deletethis makes me so happy because I can imagine it so clearly in your room, your house. always love to read your stunning words m'dear ;)
ReplyDeleteit's just hilarious to me how you can imagine it. x i always love hearing yours. muah. loves.
DeleteBeautiful.
ReplyDeleteoh goodness gracious. x
DeleteOh this is so cozy and pure and oh so beautiful! I'm obsessed with you, Cally!
ReplyDeleteThis is ever so lovely <3 cinnamon rolls, sunshine, reminiscing about God's faithfulness...yes to it all. Also happy birthday, you amazing ray of literal sunshine in human form who can form poetry better than anyone else I know <3
ReplyDeleteStarted reading this while I was listening to Gregory Alan Isakov's "If I go, I'm going". It's raining outside, I'm warm inside by the heater. Literal heaven right now. I'm so filled with kindness and warmth, the combination of every little detail around me and inside me makes me contempt. Thank you for being one of the parts causing it. Hope you have a great 18th year, my dear :)
ReplyDeletethis was so lovely. i turned sixteen yesterday and can totally relate to the saturday paragraph ;P
ReplyDeleteadelaide's song is amazing!! i've already listened to it wayyyy too many times xD
this is the loveliest, most comforting thing to read. <3
ReplyDeleteUGASLFJDSLK SO MUCH GRACE
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful, girl! I'm obsessed with your words. <3
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