This is Grace

I didn’t ask to be
here,

in this place,
learning to text

these kids
over pizza and games,

but they came.

One
by one
by one.

Knocked at my door,
stretching my heart

as wide
as their smiles,

while I choked
on the shards of their cry,

Is there room for me
inside?

“Be careful,”
he said.

What?
And walk away

from these kids
whose lips have called me

mom,
exploding my discount

faith,
disrupting sleep and

rupturing
convenience?

Because this…
this is Grace!

Love too deep
and wide

to ever fit inside
this soul

un-stretched.

*Written for the kids of my heart: You are each a joy and a blessing, challenging me to laugh more, pray harder and be a better person, and I am forever changed. I love you all deeply from the heart, every day imperfectly, learning that that is exactly where Grace pours in and God ignites the tender flame of faith.

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