Author Archives: apronheadlilly

About apronheadlilly

wife and mother, musician, composer / poet, teacher, and observer of the world, flawed Christ-follower

All These Things

Posted on April 10, 2023 by apronheadlilly

All these things that decorate my home, things I have created with passion and energy, skill and sometimes surprising serendipity: They color my home with warmth and visual pleasure. They still bring me joy and satisfaction, remembering those phases of … Continue reading →

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Just a thought . . .

Posted on February 6, 2023 by apronheadlilly

You know that point in a film when the bad guy tells the trapped sucker that unless they do this thing–usually some horrible act of betrayal–the said bad guys will kill your mom, your wife, your kids, and maybe even … Continue reading →

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Run To

Posted on January 27, 2023 by apronheadlilly

It’s like dead weight being dragged along behind, hindering the Now that has its own trouble enough. How to forgive. How to forget. Must; and yet . . . I think it’s finished, this letting go jazz; but then, all … Continue reading →

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Another New Year

Posted on January 2, 2023 by apronheadlilly

N ow is the time to take stock, to E valuate choices made—to right W rongs, to plan a way forward that Y earns to see others needs as E ven more important than the A ll-consuming passions of the … Continue reading →

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I remember when . . .

Posted on December 31, 2022 by apronheadlilly

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about memory. In overhearing a conversation about a past incident, I found it interesting that one person was so sure of the facts, the other not—at least not the “facts” the first person remembered. … Continue reading →

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Standing Alone with Elisha

Posted on December 5, 2022 by apronheadlilly

We all like to think that standing for something big would not be too hard because in a part of our head and heart, we know that we really aren’t standing alone– at least, really alone-alone. And yet, there are … Continue reading →

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Collector of Words

Posted on November 7, 2022 by apronheadlilly

I am a collector of words, a hoarder of fractured phrases. I scribble in the margins of my life words wild and wonderful that shout a divine “wow.” Other words I grind down fine as they seep into my belly, … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Liquid

Posted on October 27, 2022 by apronheadlilly

Originally posted on Apronhead:
I love water, but reflections in water is a fascination. ?

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After All This Time

Posted on October 3, 2022 by apronheadlilly

Originally posted on A p r o n h e a d — Lilly Green:
One day slips slowly by, minute by minute, filling up its hours. One life slips slowly by, hour by hour, day by day, filling up…

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Betrayal

Posted on October 3, 2022 by apronheadlilly

I have been thinking about betrayal lately— the splintering of trust, the shattering of expectation. You go along, accumulating pieces of relationship, of mission; and you collect a colorful and varied panoply that looks like truth, feels like truth, and … Continue reading →

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