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Writing is a process in which we discover what lives in us. The writing itself reveals to us what is alive in us. The deepest satisfaction of writing is precisely that it opens up new spaces within us of which we were not aware before we started to write. To write is to embark on a journey of which we do not know the final destination."

- Henri Nouwen

Relational. That’s the word God repeated to me as 2011 came to a close. Funnily enough, it’s the word that God gave our pastor for

Today marks eleven years of me as a Mrs. My first few weeks as Melissa Brotherton were confusing. Despite practice and planning, the name sat

There are moments when I am presented with situations of deep pain and turmoil in the lives of others. And in those moments I am

There’s this space, between initial injury and total healing, where it still feels tender. That time where to look at the wound you’d see wholeness,

Today I made a candle out of a clementine. Sitting at my kitchen table, staring at the flame burning inside a clementine rind, I began

I always buy white grape juice or apple juice. The thought behind my purchase is that when (not if) one of my four children spills the juice

I had no idea what to make for dinner. A run to the grocery store had been at the top of my to do list for

As I stare at the trunk in my living room, I smirk at the irony of it all. For years I had wanted a trunk;

It’s my first winter in five years. Well, not really. It’s just that when you’re living in Southern California winter seems more like an event