Powerful Words
A quick thought offered on a cold morning
I have mostly been absent the last couple of months. As I've mentioned in other posts, our 22-year-old severely disabled daughter died in mid-December, and we are still getting used to a new pattern. Heck, I'm getting used to even being able to have a routine. But I wanted to hop on today to just share a quick pointer a good piece of writing.
I'm not going to tell you much about it. I want you to just experience it fresh. If you're running around, trying to take care of life, that's perfectly legitimate but do yourself a favor, pause for a few minutes, and read this “Letter From Minnesota: ‘A Prayer Must Be More Than Asking.’” I will say that I think it will make you feel sad and hopeful at the same time.
We will get back to our regular programming soon.
I’m Donn King. I write about what it means to live and speak from your values, without sanding off the quirks that make a voice worth hearing. This space is where I reflect, tell stories, and stay connected with readers who value clarity, honesty, and the long work of becoming who we’re meant to be.
Thanks for sharing this, Donn. It's the whole disconnect that for years, we lived in our bubbles and watched the nightly news and shook our heads and then went back to eating dinner. Only now, it's not watching the nightly news and seeing things in distant lands...it's opening any social media and seeing live video of terror in America. And being so exhausted from carrying the mental load of trying to not say anything - because we are just too tired to have the same fight - with our relatives and neighbors who are still entrenched in the regime and defend it at all costs, and trying to avoid talking about any of it to avoid the stress and heartbreak of defending humanity to those who just don't seem to care. And feeling our world get smaller and smaller as we become more disillusioned that so many of the people we love and used to respect still support what is happening.
Thank you for sharing this, Donn. I see that the writer is also an author - going to check out one of his books. Yes - sobering without question. A bit more stark - but moving as is the writing of Anne Lamott during these times. Thinking of you and your family as you re-center your lives.