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Daughters of Eve

Posted on 5 May 2022 by bethany j.

It must have seemed like the worst time in the world to get pregnant, Pharoah’s reign. Her son would only be stolen away, screaming and hiccupping as newborns do, tossed over the banks of the Nile. So today, I’m thankful Moses’ mother gave birth anyway. I’m thankful she nursed him to keep him quiet and … Continue reading Daughters of Eve

Posted in Childhood, Family, Glory, Hope, Israel, Life, Scripture2 Comments

For Little Bear

Posted on 20 Mar 2022 by bethany j.

When I looked in your eyes I didn't see fear or questions about the war--- But of course! I saw the tree above us reflected and growing toward the sky.

Posted in Beauty, Childhood, Family, Imagination, Nature, Poetry, Seeing, Sky, Sunday Sketches7 Comments

Our Diamond

Posted on 8 Aug 2021 by bethany j.

My bare feet were in a patch of dirt when Dad smiled and said, “You swing like a boy.” He always offered pointers: Level it out, kick up your elbow, bend that knee, wait on your pitch. But “You swing like a boy” was the praise that sent me rocketing to first base. I made … Continue reading Our Diamond

Posted in Childhood, Family, Home, Neighborhood, Sunday Sketches4 Comments

Hey, friend.

I’m Bethany J., and this is my journal, because experts in the craft tell me to “write what you know.”

I’ve written things since I was a little girl in braids and rubber boots, but it wasn’t always about what I knew. 

It’s taken years for me to come full-circle, back to the front porches on Edgewood Road. God is working into me a love for place and an ambition that’s quieter, that minds its own affairs and works with its hands (1 Thess. 4:11).

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