holding
can we hold ourselves and one another without condition? with a knowing that we belong just as we are, now? and that the questions and...
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wildroots
remembering the truth of who we are
Amy Howton
Nov 21, 2019
listening
words do not catch my attention as perhaps they once did. my energy is captured by what is in between those words and underneath what’s...
Amy Howton
Nov 13, 2019
surrender
I surrender to the pull within me To become who i am Shedding armor of expectation, prescription, presumption To make way for the fruits...
Amy Howton
Oct 25, 2019
dear whiteness
i wish this could be a break-up letter. knowing the impossibility of that brings me heartbreak and rage. even still, you need to know...
Amy Howton
Sep 24, 2019
dear greta
dear greta, thank you. your voice, shaking in power and rage and grief, is a wake up call. your actions are a wake up call. you are a...
Amy Howton
Sep 22, 2019
flow
we sow seeds to our becoming with such deep knowing that our minds cannot compute. we play a part in a much bigger play, a piece in a...
Amy Howton
Sep 14, 2019
arrogance
i grew up fearing taking up too much space. doing so was despicable. unacceptable. this was for many reasons given the circumstances of...
Amy Howton
Sep 3, 2019
i want
i want to whisper to those around me let’s be quiet and still for just a little while i want to hear ourselves and our world it’s too...
Amy Howton
Aug 28, 2019
the blues
what does it mean to practice egolessness? to get out of our own way so that we can be in right relationship with those around us? to...
Amy Howton
Jul 19, 2019
numbing
my heart breaks at our inability to be with suffering. my mind, body, and spirit hurt at our numbing–in all the ways we distance...
Amy Howton
Jul 10, 2019
change
Everything has a beginning, middle, end. For some time, this teaching Seduced me in trying to diagnose Which phase I was...
Amy Howton
May 31, 2019
whiteness
One thing I’m noticing is the suffering of White folks. This statement makes me uncomfortable to say as a White woman. I’ve been trained...
Amy Howton
May 1, 2019
spiraling
i’ve long loved spirals. they represent to me an ongoing process of growth that returns, again and again to its origins. lately, i see...
Amy Howton
Apr 26, 2019
when all else fails, i turn to gloria
note: as life would have it, i found myself with gloria this morning. inspired by much of what i write below, in a blog post that i JUST...
Amy Howton
Apr 19, 2019
suffering
My heart has been heavy this week. I’ve spent some time considering why. Honestly, I’m not sure, exactly. And I’m learning to be okay...
Amy Howton
Mar 24, 2019
warriorship
a year ago i said yes to an invitation that only my soul understood to join with others broken-hearted by the suffering of our world...
Amy Howton
Mar 15, 2019
undone
the past couple of weeks, i’ve come undone. this, i know, is life. over and over again, we become undone. the practicing comes in...
Amy Howton
Mar 7, 2019
waiting
for the past ten days, my brother and i have accompanied my mom through test after test, appointment after appointment–126 in total. we...
Amy Howton
Mar 1, 2019
roy’s song
The piano man drew me in With the sweet lullaby he played as a backdrop To the swift movement of the herds of people. I sat, thankful for...
Amy Howton
Feb 26, 2019
answers
How many times will we be here? Waiting for answers to questions unknowable About life and death and suffering and aliveness Looking to...
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