Wandering in the Wilderness
Over the holiday break I've been trying to read more. I just finished Brene Brown's Braving the Wilderness. Anyone who knows me knows I love a good metaphor. Her use of wilderness as a metaphor throughout the book was powerful and her book serves as a mentor text for me. I love her conversational style. The book was about loneliness and the current state of our human connections. That brief summation doesn't do the book justice but perhaps it can serve as a teaser. 2017 ended with me wandering through the wilderness. My family faced loss and some unexpected and quite dramatic changes. There were moments when I felt the foundation beneath my feet would crumble and I would fall off the side of a hill crashing against tree trunks and branches on an endless roll down. There were times when I had no trail and could not see the sun to get any orientation. Those were the times I found solace in my writing, filling a journal that will nev...