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A Time of Enigmas

I have not seen you in ages,

But I will still wear 

your laugh on my sleeve–

I will still say we are children,

and look at you the same,

knowing we came from 

that known place times ago.

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Poigance 

We do lots of things 

We thought we’d never do–

We sing many songs we’d rather not.

We cry tears we cannot replicate,

We think unthinkable thoughts.

Goodbyes are so unfashionable–

Sad is not my style.

I liked you better with me,

By best, it will be awhile.

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Newness

You tell me

I am yours.

You hug me

In mercy

or something like it.

You smell so uncertain

yet appeasing.

There is only

One thing

Like you.

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Fever

Hearts are red 

And so am I–

We have been overdue.

Beneath the wings 

of Hope and Trust–

There lies me and you.

The fear of love

is absent now;

Where love has become true. 

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First glance

I used to be really good at words. Sometimes, I would stay up hours into the night writing down poems or stories, whatever, really. I always loved it. I wanted books and words to be my life. And don’t get me wrong, I still melt over a perfect sentence. I’ll always love the power and gift of a well written word. But truth be told, now, I’m actually kind of struggling to even write this tiny blog post that will fall into the black hole infinity of internet blogs. Maybe it’s the whole “first post” thing, sometimes “first” things are awkward.

Even though recently my writing itch has died a little, this new awesome thing has birthed in me. And that is the love of photos.

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It’s been a year so I’m still a novice. A happy novice.

This beautiful home with my people kept yelling at me to capture them.

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Describe yourself in three adjectives:

If I had to choose 3 adjectives, I would say:

  1. Christian. I identify with my faith before anything else. I’ve found that my life and my heart seem to get messy when I don’t put God at the center. Keeping faith has been amazing and challenging, but above all: worth it.
  2. People-lover. I can’t get over people. I can’t get over their stories and their insight. I’m surprised at the things I’m told when I just slow down and really pay attention to everyone around me. I never used to ask people how they were doing. Now, when I go into a store, or a restaurant or walk the beach, I make it a point to ask them how their day is going. Sometimes they open up and tell me amazing things, other times they say “Fine, and you?” Either way, I LOVE THEM LOVE THEM LOVE THEM.
  3. Artist. I love art. I was raised around artists and I’ll forever be grateful for that. I believe creating is medicine for the mind.

I will keep it simple for now, but get lengthy in future posts.

If you took the time to read this, then thank you. I hope to keep this up and share some kind of inspiration.

Xo,

Happy blogging!

-ec.

ps. Here is a low-quality Mac photo of me being completely human, drinking my tea; snapped just seconds before posting this.

Photo on 11-7-15 at 9.17 PM