by Emily P Freeman | Aug 30, 2012 | Graceful, traditional publishing
I’m huddled over the laptop this week, typing out painful lines onto the screen, lines made into questions for the small group leader’s guide for Graceful. This is checkbook-balancing work for me. I can do it, but it takes me a long time. Slow. Detailed....
by Emily P Freeman | Aug 28, 2012 | courage
The first hurricane I remember knowing about was Hurricane Hugo in 1989. We had only lived in South Carolina a short time and the idea of hurricanes was a new one to this Indiana girl. Watching the news and seeing the projected track, I remember being terrified. Mom...
by Emily P Freeman | Aug 28, 2012 | family, motherhood
I am on my knees, aware of God and my joints. Kneeling down low, my face in the carpet, I close my eyes to ignore the crumbs. My heart beats in my ears, I feel the earth pull my skin to the ground. We don’t feel how urgent this pull down to the earth is when we’re...
by Emily P Freeman | Aug 25, 2012 | for your weekend
May your weekend be filled with two long mornings and sweet nights to match. As you prepare for new routines and finish up the old ones, may you keep the door closed tight against anxiety and welcome in only friends who speak truth in love. As trouble and hardship and...
by Emily P Freeman | Aug 23, 2012 | art, inspiration
“Love a horse and talk to plumbers. Ask questions of everybody and don’t hide your ignorance, for ignorance is simply the unlit side of curiosity and the outside of the door to wisdom and knowledge. Be a limitless person to others and maybe you will...
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