by Jesua | Jul 16, 2021 | Blog
It really all comes down to how we choose to navigate this moment. So often I find the best and most honest choice I can choose in this moment is to open wider. Or to listen, or to breathe, or to burn, or to allow, or to let go, or to give thanks, or to tell the...
by Jesua | Jun 5, 2021 | Blog
A few mornings ago my boy Ezra and I fell unexpectedly out of sync with all of our supposed-to’s, and suddenly found ourselves immersed in a pocket of pure soul sweetness. I heard him bumping around in the kitchen in the wee hours, fixing himself some breakfast,...
by Jesua | Jun 5, 2021 | Blog
Last night I got to go out on a dinner date with one of my most beloved soul-sisters here in Ashland. We sat across from one another eating ceviche and avocado with chopsticks. No small feat! We compared notes and shared stories and laughed more than I’d...
by Jesua | May 19, 2021 | Featured Read, Blog
Recently I went through a challenging relational experience with someone I’d considered a dear friend, and it left my heart feeling raw and trampled. Isn’t it astonishing how each heartbreak we experience can bring to the surface every other unresolved betrayal,...
by Jesua | May 19, 2021 | Blog
That moment this morning, after a handful of hard, tender-hearted days, when my bright, shining sixteen-year old found me praying fervently at the altar, and swooped down beside me, whispering into my ear, “Have I told you lately Mama, how much I love and appreciate...
by Jesua | Mar 27, 2021 | Blog
“Help” is one of my most favorite prayers. When we can find our way to the voice that remembers how to ask for help, we are more than halfway home. How many times in the last couple of years have I found my way, just in time, back to the altar. Back to the simple...