But as she sat in that creek, soaking wet and covered in slime, she proved that dignity isn't found in staying dry. It’s found in how you handle the soak.
By embracing the mess, we embrace the fullness of being alive. Because in the end, we’re all just children standing on the bank, waiting for someone to show us that it’s okay to fall in. My Grandmother -Grandma- you-re wet- -Final- By...
If you find yourself standing on the edge of something scary, or if you’ve recently taken a tumble into the muck of life, remember the woman in the floral housecoat. But as she sat in that creek, soaking
The humidity of the Mississippi Delta has a way of clinging to your skin like a damp wool blanket. It was mid-July, the kind of afternoon where the air feels heavy enough to swallow you whole. I was ten years old, standing on the muddy banks of a creek that fed into the great river, watching the woman who had raised me lose her footing. Because in the end, we’re all just children