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Rediscovered By Writing I want to write more than I want to talk, and that is "saying" a lot, because historically I am known as a...

Letters Across Time September 11, 2025 Dear Christina,   Charlie Kirk died yesterday. A true, great, one-of-a-kind American...

Writing. It’s not so much about writing books as it is about just writing. It is the art of words, and letting them form or sometimes...

A curation of August journal excerpts… I feel like apologizing to my twenty-year-old self for not keeping my word to her. For not keeping...

Will I ever crawl out of the pool of invisibility? Will the people I try to love? And when will it cross the minds of the general,...

"The morning steals upon the night, melting the darkness." - William Shakespeare I used to be a night owl. Or, so I thought… There is...

Psalm 55:6 The birds were abundant this morning. Singing, chirping, giving praise to Creator and celebrating the new hope of Spring,...

What a creative, colorful, living, vibrant God we have the chance to fly, dance, draw, decorate, write, move, sing and compose our way...

Hi. I’m Jessie Motley. Final Answer! Let me (try to) explain… I have gone by many names throughout my life, ministry, “career.” Between...

“Rock bottom became a solid foundation on which to rebuild my life." J.K. Rowling I find myself newly encouraged to delve into my imagination more, to never  give up, to keep writing books; to dig my way out of poverty and obscurity with the persistence of good ideas. Here's to rebuilding. Making beauty from chaos. Bringing my stories to life and unveiling the secrets of worlds within for the enjoyment of the wider world without. Here's to reinventing myself and not being "

Oh, Writing. You are one of my dearest and most sympathetic, creative and adventurous friends! Why do I ignore you so? Deep down lies a...

A Short Story  She sat, all of seven years old, feet just reaching the pedals on the stool of the old, brown upright piano. She was a frail thing of pale skin and crackly blue eyes. Her pastor-grandfather left the tall, white doors of the church propped open for her every day after school. She was born to make music.       This. All of this; the piano, the solitude, the secret freedom to make compositions from the feelings in her heart and vivid pictures in her imaginati

A Fight to the Finish (From my missionary blog, May 10, 2017...) To the Line. We have to beat the negativity to the line. We are in a...

How Love wins one face at a time Bruised faces. "Spotted" stomachs. Black eyes. Lack of supervision. Neglect. Abuse of every kind. Hunger...

It was cold outside, for Florida. I strolled arm-in-arm with my then love, and began criss-crossing a homeless lady approaching our left...

Since I was a little girl, I have dealt with a "half-dream” world. Feeling not fully grounded, connected or aware of myself or my...

(original publication: June 27, 2022) I have dreams, needs, goals, longings. Who am I to keep holding on to hopes and dreams at my age? I...