by Abigail Alleman | Mar 1, 2013 | Beauty, Faith, Hope, Writing
Go :: And the sun is shining and there’s a spring in this winter lethargic step as I take the freshly washed sheets & duvet out to the patio to dry. And I can’t put away this excitement. It’s going deep to the nerve endings and flows through my body. Winter...
by Abigail Alleman | Feb 22, 2013 | Beauty, Family, Heritage, Mothers, The Journey, Writing
Go :: I can still remember that morning that she taught me how to make my bed with ‘hospital corners.’ In the neat tuck in of a sheet that hundreds of times her beloved hands did in those years of nursing at a busy city hospital. I don’t know why it is one of...
by Abigail Alleman | Nov 30, 2012 | Advent, Beauty, Family, Hope, The Journey, Writing
I hold you close and tight against my heart, my soul. My new, brave little wonder. Your journey in coming into the world began on the other side of the ocean. And ended in a new land, new home, on this side of the ocean. And we choose the brave thing, this bringing...
by Abigail Alleman | Nov 23, 2012 | Beauty, Faith, Family, Gratitude, Hope, The High Calling, Writing
Thank You {for} :: ~ The sun that rises bright and full sprinkling new mornings with mercy both literally and figuratively the latter always true. ~ The chance to live and laugh and love and journey with a family you have made. ~ talking to ones far away and to...
by Abigail Alleman | Nov 16, 2012 | Beauty, Gratitude, Hope, Mama's Heart, The Journey, Writing
Stay… for a while linger in the love my precious son. we bask together in the goodness of God all that has been in my life and all that’s just begun with…you. and you, your oh-so-new life full of all the goodness yet to come. who am I to stay with you? to be entrusted...
by Abigail Alleman | Oct 5, 2012 | Abba Heart, Beauty, Family, Hope, Writing
Go:: Welcome is home and heart and hands. Welcome is messy and marvelous. Welcome never lets go or give up but is always seeking like the One she follows who came to ‘seek and save the lost’. Welcome is unconditional yet intentional. Welcome is full-hearted and holds...
