
Am I alone?
I ask my Father
I listen
Waiting to know
Then I hear it-
Voices
Praying for me
Sending me warmth
Giving me light
Then I know
I am never alone
Because of those
kneeling in prayer

Love,
Anna
Am I alone?
I ask my Father
I listen
Waiting to know
Then I hear it-
Voices
Praying for me
Sending me warmth
Giving me light
Then I know
I am never alone
Because of those
kneeling in prayer
Love,
Anna
As I’m holding my newborn child
I feel the weight of the world upon me
It feels
heavy
chaotic
How will I navigate through the chaos I feel?
Because I was born for a time like this
Because I am a Latter Day Mother
I am armed with God’s gifts
I have a baby in one arm and the sword of truth in the other-I can discern
I can see
I can feel
I can stand
I can nurture
Because I am a Latter Day Mother
I imagine our Father in Heaven
holding His Only Begotten Son on that Holy Night
He smiles, with a tear in His eye as He gazes upon His Gift to the world the Savior to us all
yet a baby cradled in His Hands
I imagine our Father in Heaven
holding the baby who never took a breath outside of his mother’s womb He, who knows all things, who knows this little one’s purpose
still weeps for the parents mourning their unborn child
I imagine our Father in Heaven
holding the child who left his earthly home too soon
Our Father squeezes that little one, knowing his earthly parents can’t He shouts, “Welcome home! ” to that little child as they happily embrace
I imagine our Father in Heaven holding the parents who just lost a child He cries with them as He feels their agony
He, who sacrificed His only begotten Son, understands their suffering, and gives the promise of joyful reunions
I imagine Our Father holding Mary as she looks upon her perfect Son hanging on a cross, dying
The Heavens wept that day
So did Our Father, but He knew what would happen on the third day Aren’t we all in God’s hands letting Him comfort us
as He reminds us of
what happened on the third day?
Love,
Anna
He takes my life,
which is matter unorganized,
and gives it form
He takes my chaos and says,
“Let there be light!”
His truth separates the light from the darkness
He teaches me the difference, and my chaos turns into peace
He who created the world created me
He is my light!
Love,
Anna
The Earth is living
just like you and me-
we break
we change.
But just like Her-
we grow
we progress
we bring forth new life.
And in those moments
when it looks like
we are breaking
we are actually
We shift
expanding our understanding
widening our perspective
and from our inner core
Light begins to shine,
Just like our Mother Earth
He’s smiling with a twinkle in His eyes
Joy and love bursting from His countenance
As I look into His eyes I weep
“You know me!
You have been with me!”
He smiles as He reaches out for me,
My spirit leaps with excitement!
There is no shame or guilt
That keeps me on my knees,
Even as His presence sheds light
on the parts that I thought I had to hide
I feel like dancing!
Because I know He will always
Lead me back to His embrace
Love,
Anna
I have a garden inside my heart
The flowers are wilting
the ground is dry
and the thorns are too much to bear,
But God is my Gardener,
So I give Him my flowers
which are surely beyond repair
Then I watch with amazement
as my flowers begin to bloom
and my garden is suddenly fragrant!
Because God is my Gardener,
with Light that always shines
and Water that never declines
No thorns are too unbound
for the Gardener who wore them
on his head crowned.
I have this garden inside my heart
That is never beyond repair
and is sustained with Heaven’s Breath
because I have a Gardener
who conquered Death
Love,
Anna
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Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.
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