Tag Archives: grief

Taking up so much space

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Self-pity blunts blessing desensitizes the spirit covers over the sun © Meisaan Chan

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The messiness of healing

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

The faint of heart will never heal for healing involves pus and discoloration and oozing: pray for the courage to tend the wound © Meisaan Chan

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What you accept

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

What you fear amounts to a thimble of water, says the Lord; I am trying to give you an ocean of love © Meisaan Chan

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Falling apart

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Everything falls apart in autumn – you can complain to the trees and, gentle-hearted, they’ll listen as their own leaves break and float down © Meisaan Chan  

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You cannot know my grief

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  You cannot know my grief; I was the one who gave you legs to stand tall in my light and instead you used them to run away from me       © Meisaan Chan

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