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Openhanded Hope seeks to notice, cultivate and share true and lasting Hope with open hands and open hearts, especially amidst the beauty and brokenness of motherhood constrained by complex physical circumstances. I'm so glad you're here.
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Hope (opens the original)
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Sunny September (opens the original)
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Hello! Thank you for joining us at Openhanded Hope. Today I’m sharing a few little updates, recent posts I’ve quietly published, and some by others that I’ve found particularly helpful of late. Why not pour yourself a cuppa and pull up a chair! In sickness and sunshineI’d hoped to have this out weeks ago, but it was a winter of germs in the Chan household (all the usual winter sniffles plus rolling gastroenteritis, influenza, and even headlice🥹). I’m so grateful for the [Australian] spring sunsh
A little moonlight poetry (opens the original)
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Round, always round,it hangs in the sky—oft hidden by shadowas earth turns away.Sometimes it’s glimpsed in the middle of dayand, though covered by cloudas rain gathers to fall,it shepherds our orbthrough the years, one and all,as it moves past the sunin the chasm of space,reminding us allthat what holds us is grace.Sometimes it’s masked by the brightness of light,largely ignored till the depths of the night,but always it’s there,whether bold or unseen,witness to all that will be and
The words we wear (Words Part 3) (opens the original)
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If your body has failed spectacularly, you too may sometimes find yourself with words of condemnation and shame hanging over your broken frame. Friend, God gives us good words to live in, better words to reflect his heart. Let’s consider those today.I wear the moon on my heart<s
The words we weather (Words Part 2) (opens the original)
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