Wednesday, January 1, 2014

behold, all things are become new.


"SHE COULD NEVER GO BACK AND MAKE SOME OF THE DETAILS PRETTY. 
ALL SHE COULD DO WAS MOVE FORWARD AND MAKE THE WHOLE BEAUTIFUL."

 
I've held my breath for this moment since July rains, waiting for that season of aliveness to start, praying things would change. I held it throughout autumn, and still no change. Winter dropped white gifts in the corners of my little world, and finally, as the calender pages diminished, I found it easier to let out a few tired, hopeful breaths as a seemingly endless year ended. Now I can breathe in full again, happy to hold twenty thirteen instead of my breath, stuff it into a box and throw away the key.

2013 was the year the locusts ate. Some of the broken-off, molded pieces still find a home under my pillowcase, behind my eyelids, in the grass cracking through melting snow. But I'm no longer holding my breath. It's over and gone I'm never going back, not ever. And I'm glad, so glad.

-anna

9 comments:

  1. I, too, am glad it's over. Let this year be be beautiful for both of us!

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  2. What a beautiful post! Where is the quote at the top from?

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    1. thanks Serena - but I'm not sure about the quote. :)

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  3. Beautiful!
    My hubby got me the Book Thief for Christmas...I'm so excited to read it! Hope 2014 is lovely for you!
    <3

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    1. It's a gripping story with many beautiful metaphors. You'll enjoy it. :)

      Thanks, Hannah, you too!

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  4. absolutely beautiful. that's the good thing about life; the bittersweet fact. we can never go back; we always have to move forward. it's hard sometimes, but important. :)

    happy new year, dear. <3

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    1. soooo glad to move forward this time. :) happy new year to you too, girlie!

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  5. So excited for this new year, too. Love your photography, you capture everyday moments beautifully. <3
    I started The Book Thief, not sure if I'll finish or not. It's...different from what I'm used to, though I am trying to branch out into more varied books, I need to expand my tastes.

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  6. Oh my goodness!! Are you reading The Book Thief? I want to watch the movie so bad! I've been listening to the soundtrack and it sounds beautiful as do all the quotes from The Book Thief do. My favorite is this:"Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks, not in what they say, just in what they are." and "If your eyes could speak, what would they say?".
    Simply beautiful.

    So glad I found your blog Anna!!
    -Morgan

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