Breakthrough

I'm at work and don't have time to post the details, but I made a major breakthrough last night, thanks to uncrowned_king, Panther, and Inanna.

I feel like I've come through to the other side of a spiritual crisis that could have cost me my life -- literally.

The work isn't over, of course. I have to integrate the new perspective and then act on it. I'm still going to be looking for a therapist to help me do this work -- as well as address my grief.

But I'm in a far, far better place than I've been for the past week.

Actually, I'm in a better place than I've been for quite a while.

Wine as a "Splendid Symbol"

Unfermented grape juice is a bland and pleasant drink ... [but] it is a ghastly symbol of the life blood of Jesus Christ, especially when served in individual antiseptic, thimble-sized glasses. Wine is booze, which means it is dangerous and drunk-making. It makes the timid brave and the reserved amorous. It loosens the tongue and breaks the ice especially when served in a loving cup. It kills germs. As symbols go, it is a rather splendid one.

-- Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking, 1971

This Hit A Bit Close to Home

Memories of the King, by Nicole Cadet





His lips are too wide, and I'm not blonde, but otherwise. . . . yeah. . .