Beautiful! I don’t really write poetry myself, but I’ve enjoyed it more the past several years (after being completely turned off to it in high school by a horrible English teacher 💔). I love the story about Anne Bradstreet - and how our younger selves found women to emulate even in a fundamentalist environment (mine was the missionary Gladys Aylward, and Joan of Arc! Lol). The next time I read a poem I will reflect on how all my selves understand it 💛
Also, I loved Joan of Arc too. We watched a made-for-TV movie about her in a middle school history class at my small Christian school, and I was enamored!
Oh Kandi, I love everything about this piece. Anne Bradstreet would be proud to call you her kindred spirit! And it comes as no surprise that you, too, cherish the friendship of Julian of Norwich. Thank you for gently helping me to love my own past self through your wise and gentle words.
Thank you! I so appreciate your encouragement, and I am so glad to have connected with such a kindred spirit as yourself who shares friendship with Julian, the moon, and so many others. Peace to both of our journeys to love our past selves.
Looooove this. I started writing poetry a few years ago as a way to process my faith-shifting journey, and it has been sooo healing. I've also read more poetry in the past couple years than in all 40+ years of my life before that.
Beautiful! I don’t really write poetry myself, but I’ve enjoyed it more the past several years (after being completely turned off to it in high school by a horrible English teacher 💔). I love the story about Anne Bradstreet - and how our younger selves found women to emulate even in a fundamentalist environment (mine was the missionary Gladys Aylward, and Joan of Arc! Lol). The next time I read a poem I will reflect on how all my selves understand it 💛
Also, I loved Joan of Arc too. We watched a made-for-TV movie about her in a middle school history class at my small Christian school, and I was enamored!
Thank you, Lindsey! I love this.
Oh Kandi, I love everything about this piece. Anne Bradstreet would be proud to call you her kindred spirit! And it comes as no surprise that you, too, cherish the friendship of Julian of Norwich. Thank you for gently helping me to love my own past self through your wise and gentle words.
Thank you! I so appreciate your encouragement, and I am so glad to have connected with such a kindred spirit as yourself who shares friendship with Julian, the moon, and so many others. Peace to both of our journeys to love our past selves.
Looooove this. I started writing poetry a few years ago as a way to process my faith-shifting journey, and it has been sooo healing. I've also read more poetry in the past couple years than in all 40+ years of my life before that.
Love your poetry, friend! It's so cool how poetry finds us at different stages!