by Mary B Safrit | Jul 30, 2020 | Parables, The Creative Life
I came back to myself after an hour and a half of workflow. Though I had the intention of working on titling my new group coaching program for forty-five minutes at the most, I got sucked in. Surely the perfect title would emerge if I thought about it long enough. I’d...
by Mary B Safrit | Jun 11, 2020 | Parables, The Creative Life
In years when the solstice was just so, we planted corn in our family garden on Easter Sunday. Though I started the day in boots, I was barefooted before long. I reveled in the loose, warm dirt, feeling my feet sink in and small clumps of soil crumble over top. The...
by Mary B Safrit | May 20, 2020 | Parables, Singleness
The three of us were discussing the unspoken rules we live by, and what happens when other people don’t play by those rules. The question: How do you respond when God puts people in your life who don’t fit into your plans, make you feel out of control, or upset your...
by Mary B Safrit | May 13, 2020 | Parables, Singleness
It started with a dull discomfort in my mid-abdomen. Could be anything, I told myself. Until the discomfort turned into sharp pain. I sat outside the tiny Australian-inspired coffee shop writing in my notebook. Its front wall is a garage door of windows. On nice days,...
by Mary B Safrit | Apr 28, 2020 | Parables, The Creative Life
Sitting at my table in the living room/office/kitchen, I count the weeks since this quarantine started. Six, going on seven. I find myself pining for the office for which I pay rent, and all the things in it and all the things around it. As I sit in the minute...
by Mary B Safrit | Apr 22, 2020 | Parables, The Creative Life
On an unexceptional Tuesday in November, everything changed. The week started like any other that time of year. It was nearly the end of my first full year as a writer. Though the year started with the usual fervor and commitment to 87 unattainable goals,...
