I have been immersed in words this week, and words were all I could focus on. I set and stuck to a writing schedule and finished my first rough outline of my book project (mini squeal). I dove into new books that I had been eagerly awaiting to devour. I spent hours on profound blog posts that inspired, challenged, and said exactly what I felt. Words were bookmarked, highlighted, read aloud at our kitchen table, forwarded to other people, and talked about over the phone. Song lyrics were belted out full of tears and truth. Words clarified things, illuminated things, put things in perspective, and I've been breathing and dreaming nothing but words this week.
This weekend, Mr. Ladd and I will be celebrating our 8th anniversary in Arizona's wine country! (Arizona has a wine country? Yup, I'll share it with you next week) So, I thought I'd leave you with some weekend reading in the meantime. I hope these words impact you like they've impacted me recently.
I can't stop talking about Bread & Wine, by Shauna Niequist for good reason. I wrote about it here. Buy it. Put it on your kitchen counter. It's beautiful. It's a new approach to the table.
Carry on Warrior, by Glennon Doyle Melton also came out recently and wow...just wow! Seester and I have been following her blog, Momastery, for a while now, and have our own little book club going on with this one. I can't tell you how timely, real, and healing Glennon's words have been.
I came across this honest post in which Elise's husband had the perfect words.
If The C Word (Christianity) has ever made you nervous or curious, mad, confused, you name it, read this blog post by one of my favorite new writers on the internet.
I am a fan of Dancing With the Stars. There, I said it out loud. Andy Dick's story about sobriety & his daughter this past week was so touching. His sincere and vulnerable dance to some of the most beautiful words ever written, "Hallelujah," by Leonard Cohen, literally brought tears to my eyes.
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Speaking of words, my brothers were kind enough to unknowingly help me out today by punctually tweeting this lyric video of Citizen Way's latest single.
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To All Creators of Words,
Thank you for sharing them, fueling us, helping us breathe, and making us cry.
Keep writing them.
Sincerely,
Readers
