Tag: Vulnerability

• Fear Almost Had Me

  

  Fear. Four little letters bringing about a wave of emotion, causing me to feel as though I am drowning at the mention of the word. Merriam-Webster defines fear as “an unpleasant, often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger;” “a state of emotion, anxious concern, solitude;” and “profound reverence and awe, especially toward…

  homegrownjournal

  October 27, 2022

  2022, October 2022, Storytellers

  Abandonment, Christ came to give us life, Christian, Dating, Elementary school teacher, Fear, Feeling unworthy of love, Female Firefighter, Finances belong to the Lord, Fort Knox, Friends who leave you behind, How to stop being afraid, Isaiah 41:10, James 1:17, Jeremiah 46:27, Justine Kahn, Kentucky, King Solomon in Ecclesiastes, Major career change, Matthew 10:31, Merriam-Webster dictionary, Overcoming dad leaving, Overcoming fear, Overcoming fear of rejection, Overcoming obstacles, Overcoming odds, Scared to talk, Springfield Fire Department, Springfield Missouri, Vulnerability, What People Fear

• Grieve Well

  

  Farmer Don is an 89-year-old man I meet every so often on my morning walk. Sunrise changes our habits during summer, so I hadn’t seen him for a few months when I ran into him in September. After the initial, “Where have you beens,” my mom asked him how he had been doing. “Not well,”…

  homegrownjournal

  October 3, 2021

  2021, October 2021, Storytellers

  Diabetes, Gallbladder Cancer, Grief, Julie Johnson, Pancreatic Cancer, Psalm 34:18, Vulnerability