Lingering Letters {winsome}
The word winsome finds its roots in the old English word "wyn" which means "joy." When coupled with the English word "some" it means something like "joy-some" or "joyful."
We truly are made up of our impressions and experiences. When I think of the word "winsome" I think of a feeling of being quite close to Heaven, having a glimpse, and being very joyful, but having that joy ever so faintly tinged by the knowledge that as wonderful as this is, the greatest wonders are to come.
I hope that you will find these to be winsome lingering letters, by any definition.
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Sisters in Vienna by Lanier Ivester with Rabbit Room
Reading this piece was like taking a short vacation. Good writing that made me see it. Delightful.
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On Publication Day by Dani Shapiro
This piece on the writing life, and the community within it has kept me pondering for days. So lovely.
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One Small Change: Fair Trade Coffee by Tanya Marlow for Addie Zierman's series
Lovely, challenging words about (more than just) coffee. Challenging and beautifully written words about acting out faith honestly.
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A little lingering levity:
Fox Books Files For Bankruptcy by The Onion
I laughed aloud while reading this, and sighed a little. Such fun.
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Little Did She Know...
My most popular post this week was In Which I am a Jesus Girl, about growing up evangelical and what that meant for my view of worth and sexuality. As I wrote and published it, my 15-year-old self shook in her boots.
I also wrote about my unconventional, but so very lovely Big Sisters and reviewed a marvelous book: Sensible Shoes.
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There is perhaps no work of children's literature so classic as C.S. Lewis' The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. For me, this is a story deeply woven into my personhood. I speak often about the weakening power of the witch and the beaver's invitation to "come further in." I have been known to whisper, "Aslan is on the move." This book has stayed with me from my earliest memories of my mother reading aloud, doing the voices. I read them for myself, from time to time, as I got older, and read this very book aloud to a dear friend of mine, a confirmed reader, who was blind. This book catches, a little, in my throat every time. If you've not read this masterpiece in a while (or ever), it may be time to take a short trip to Narnia.
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I hope that you find, in this blog, something of the winsome. That is just what I hope to share.