This week it’s my great joy to welcome a guest post by fellow #SmallWonder host Amber Cadenas. Amber blogs regularly at Beautiful Rubbish: everyday art of learning to see. In her own words, Amber “writes with the hope that others might be inspired to see their own lives through different eyes.” I want to encourage you to take a little time to poke around her blog and get lost in the stories there – stories as deep and painful as they are beautiful.
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When I cannot bear
to sit a moment longer
alone in our quiet
home and the din
of disquiet within
me
I find him –
resting upright in
the dark of our spare room
and on the futon
beckon him to lay down
and stretch my body
the length of him
tucked in snug as a
ship at dock
one arm latched
securely around his chest
my head resting a
top
the space where his
heart pumps
Slowly, slowly I
open
floating in the
tide of his heat
my cheek rolling
and rocking
with the pulsing
life beneath
his skin
and I surrender
to the deep of
sleep in this rhythmic lull
of wonder
What I have not
been able to see
or hear
or taste
or feel
in these
sensory-over-loaded-and-numbed-out
day to days of late
breaks through the
veil to once again proclaim
life
Right here
right now
Wonder and I become
one
as the moment rocks
and breathes
pauses and turns
anchored in love’s
frayed tether.
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Welcome to the #SmallWonder link-up.
What if we chose to deliberately look for the small moments of wonder, the small sparks of presence, of delight or sorrow, of true humanity in which we meet God?
That’s my proposal – that we gather here each week to share one moment of Wonder from each of our days.
You’re invited to link-up a brief post of about five hundred words or less about a small moment of wonder. Don’t worry if your post is too long, too short, or not just right – you’re welcome to come as you are.
While you’re here, please do take a look around and encourage at least one other blogger with a comment.
Holy moments. Thanks for sharing, Amber.
Thanks for the kind words, Lisa.
Oh, Amber….what a beautiful image.
Thank you, Jody!
This is lovely, Amber. Thank you!
Grateful for you, Diana.
It may fray. But it HOLDS.
Yes, you got it. That's exactly it, friend.