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Psalm 6: The Prayer of the Sleepless Night

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak. (Psalm 6:2) I am weary with a different sort of night waking. The tears are not mine, but my teething, stuffy-nosed d...

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A Moment in the Blue Room

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Lindsey Gallant / 1 Comment

Little One, can a moment live forever? Is there a space, beyond time, where this moment will always be? You, in your winter sleeper with the pastel fawns, reach...

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mother’s prayer :: holiness for them

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

Can you take this mother-wretch and make me holy? Not for my sake, but for theirs? I can live with my ugliness, but they do not deserve to. Take the bitte...

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Equinox

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

Little One, Here we are on the first day of autumn, nearing your six month mark. You were my spring equinox, ushering in the greening of my soul and the budding...

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Morning contemplation

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Lindsey Gallant / 0 Comment

When you are lying against me,satisfied and still,save for the swelling of your breath,nothing else in all the world matters.Not my scribbled lists and leftover...