Beautiful, thoughtful and honest. Both the written and photographic reflections . . How deeply your words resonate!
With advancing age, I increasingly want to make every day intentional, prioritize my “ things to do” and treasure the time. Social media does indeed chew up the waning time and often focuses my attention on things I don’t need to invest in. Thus, the next step ?
I don’t want to lose touch with so many people. . .
Yes, keeping in touch…that’s the piece that makes it hard to cut the ties altogether…still praying and reflecting and thinking about what to do…maybe for the moment, just putting up some hard barriers…I have no answers, just watching the fog as it moves along.
I cannot thank you enough for these prompts, for this invitation to write again in community….I’m grateful friend. For you, for this gift, for the years we’ve written at virtual tables together…🤍🤍🤍
Your photographs are striking! It seems you have really had a rough year. I am also doing the prompts and am enjoying everyone's take on them and how different they all are. I subscribed so I could catch your next one. This is fun!
I want to read this again. And again. I feel these words. Thank you for sharing them with us. I also feel this fog - over my heart...I want it to move but it’s sticking around. I think it’s waiting for me - to move. But I don’t know where or how. The social media thing, I wish I knew how to navigate it. My whole being is wrestling with feeling seen/known and with certainty, I know social media isn’t the place to but I falsely believe it needs to be too many times. And there are so many of us feeling this way, yet we keep showing up. And keep feeling we shouldn’t. Ugh. The fog. I’m so grateful for you. I’m looking this friend up.
Glad you’re here, Kelly. You’re not alone in the fog. It’s hard to know sometimes when to wait and when to move, is t it? I’m praying with you and for you—May you feel encouraged along the way. 🤍🙏🏼
Sheeeesh yes and I’m sorry and yes. That photo stopped me--absolutely beautiful. Your words about social media--truth. I’m planning my exit from FB as well. And Lori’s prompts--such goodness and blogging-nostalgia. I’m so glad you wrote this.
Grateful (SO grateful!) for you, Tresta. Your encouragement means so much. The fog really was magical the other morning. Haunting. Holy...I could have stood there longer but the dog was eager to explore and truth be told, I was frozen. It was our first hard frost of the season, and I felt it to my bones. Lori’s writing prompts remind me of when I loved blogging and how much I miss the old link ups where we all met and became friends. I’m so grateful for the nudge to re-imagine it again. So grateful you’re here🤍😘
And may I tag on my dear friends and say yes! so grateful for the old/early days of blogging where I first met you. Grateful for your beautiful words and photos, both of you, and still have the joy of reading your reflections. xo
Kris, I am so glad you said all this here....Absolutely perfect.
((and if you need a recommendation for how to get off social media....you know I'll steer you to the Writing off Social podcast. A breath of fresh air... I feel like I can breathe since I said goodbye to IG and FB; there is so much more life in my life of writing and creativity.
Thank you Jody. I’ve been listening to the Writing Off Social podcast and thinking a lot about what I want to do, and how I want to do it. This year has been full of a lot of big things here and I am discerning my next steps…trying to be thoughtful rather than reactive (which would be so much easier!) Grateful to see your kind words here. 🤍
Oh, Kris, I'm glad you've been listening. And yes, it has been an intense year for you, in deed. Wise to be slow and listen to the Holy Spirit about any changes. I often jump too early myself so I understand. Happy to support you and your words. xo
Thank you. I know that kind of grief and that kind of scrolling. Though after a long season of low grade grief and fog I think I’m waking up. This is beautifully written. Thank you for daring to share.
Kris,
Beautiful, thoughtful and honest. Both the written and photographic reflections . . How deeply your words resonate!
With advancing age, I increasingly want to make every day intentional, prioritize my “ things to do” and treasure the time. Social media does indeed chew up the waning time and often focuses my attention on things I don’t need to invest in. Thus, the next step ?
I don’t want to lose touch with so many people. . .
Yes, keeping in touch…that’s the piece that makes it hard to cut the ties altogether…still praying and reflecting and thinking about what to do…maybe for the moment, just putting up some hard barriers…I have no answers, just watching the fog as it moves along.
Hauntingly gorgeous, Kris. As always, you write down the bones of life in a way that makes me feel deep down things.
I cannot thank you enough for these prompts, for this invitation to write again in community….I’m grateful friend. For you, for this gift, for the years we’ve written at virtual tables together…🤍🤍🤍
Thank you. I feel all of this. Deeply.
Thanks for being here🤍
Your photographs are striking! It seems you have really had a rough year. I am also doing the prompts and am enjoying everyone's take on them and how different they all are. I subscribed so I could catch your next one. This is fun!
Thanks for reading and subscribing. 🥰 It has been quite a year. 🙏🏼
I want to read this again. And again. I feel these words. Thank you for sharing them with us. I also feel this fog - over my heart...I want it to move but it’s sticking around. I think it’s waiting for me - to move. But I don’t know where or how. The social media thing, I wish I knew how to navigate it. My whole being is wrestling with feeling seen/known and with certainty, I know social media isn’t the place to but I falsely believe it needs to be too many times. And there are so many of us feeling this way, yet we keep showing up. And keep feeling we shouldn’t. Ugh. The fog. I’m so grateful for you. I’m looking this friend up.
Glad you’re here, Kelly. You’re not alone in the fog. It’s hard to know sometimes when to wait and when to move, is t it? I’m praying with you and for you—May you feel encouraged along the way. 🤍🙏🏼
Sheeeesh yes and I’m sorry and yes. That photo stopped me--absolutely beautiful. Your words about social media--truth. I’m planning my exit from FB as well. And Lori’s prompts--such goodness and blogging-nostalgia. I’m so glad you wrote this.
Grateful (SO grateful!) for you, Tresta. Your encouragement means so much. The fog really was magical the other morning. Haunting. Holy...I could have stood there longer but the dog was eager to explore and truth be told, I was frozen. It was our first hard frost of the season, and I felt it to my bones. Lori’s writing prompts remind me of when I loved blogging and how much I miss the old link ups where we all met and became friends. I’m so grateful for the nudge to re-imagine it again. So grateful you’re here🤍😘
And may I tag on my dear friends and say yes! so grateful for the old/early days of blogging where I first met you. Grateful for your beautiful words and photos, both of you, and still have the joy of reading your reflections. xo
Kris, I am so glad you said all this here....Absolutely perfect.
((and if you need a recommendation for how to get off social media....you know I'll steer you to the Writing off Social podcast. A breath of fresh air... I feel like I can breathe since I said goodbye to IG and FB; there is so much more life in my life of writing and creativity.
Thank you Jody. I’ve been listening to the Writing Off Social podcast and thinking a lot about what I want to do, and how I want to do it. This year has been full of a lot of big things here and I am discerning my next steps…trying to be thoughtful rather than reactive (which would be so much easier!) Grateful to see your kind words here. 🤍
Oh, Kris, I'm glad you've been listening. And yes, it has been an intense year for you, in deed. Wise to be slow and listen to the Holy Spirit about any changes. I often jump too early myself so I understand. Happy to support you and your words. xo
Thank you. I know that kind of grief and that kind of scrolling. Though after a long season of low grade grief and fog I think I’m waking up. This is beautifully written. Thank you for daring to share.
Thank you, Katie. Grief does feel like a slo moving fog, doesn’t it? Glad to hear you’re waking up this season. May God meet you kindly as you stir.
Thank you so much.
Dang friend - this was so vulnerable and beautiful
Thank you for encouraging me. Your comment feels like a hug. 😘
Oh this right here, Kris --> 'Creativity is risky and requires something of you and sometimes I don’t feel brave enough to take the risk.'
Yeah. Absolutely.
The circular conundrum of where we find ourselves in this life. Your words go marrow deep my friend...