Two years ago, pt 2: On Dürer Darling

I'm looking back at some writing I did two years ago.  For the full explanation, see yesterday's blog.

I wrote this poem the second day we were gone.  A friend of mine from college, Steph, was working on her portfolio for her master's in creative writing and had sent me a section of her poetry for feedback.  It was inspiring to spend some time with her work, particularly one of her poems, called "Dürer Darling". When I started free-writing that morning, I reflected not so much on the poem itself, but on the experience of reading it.

Reaching

Two years ago, like this year, I was leading music for a church and breathing a sigh of relief to be past the craziness of Christmas events. In late December of '07 it was a different church than late December of '09, and it was certainly a MUCH different era of my life. I was at one of my lowest points ever and preparing to spend the whole month of January away from job and home. The church had graciously agreed to give me that time to try to get emotionally healthier and to build into my marriage.

Easter 2009

If anyone has tried to keep up with me by only looking at this blog periodically, I feel for you... things have changed quickly over the last few years in the life of Mike, and I've not tended to write here, well, ever. I've Facebook-ed and Twitter-ed the sometimes pithy, sometimes intentionally mysterious, sometimes mundane short little burststo which we are all prone these days. But today, sitting in church, I had the urge to write here.