Angela's Wired Words

Family, Featured, Thoughts

A Wife’s Thoughts on Marriage – the Unspoken Vows

Marriage is so weird. It’s pretty much the only time in one’s life (barring unforeseen circumstances) that you look at another person and say, “You know what? I like you. And even though I haven’t known you for an extremely long time, I know I like you so much that I want to see your face pretty much every. single. day. for the rest of my life. I want to hear your voice every morning and every night – I don’t think it will ever annoy me. “I want us  ...

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God, Jesus, Thoughts

Of Who You Say I Am

I’ve said it before: Darkness breeds despair. Though my body has been healed and is no longer the cause of sleepless nights, my mind still wanders. And in that restless darkness, words that were never said, only assumed, bounce around in the hollowness of my brain, when the rational portion of the evening has ended and darkness comes out to play. I begin to question all that I’ve ever done and said and how anyone has ever tolerated me. And then I remember when those I’ve  ...

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Featured, God, Thoughts

Of His Hands Holding On

“You are good, good, oh-oh.” I was humming the song on Sunday morning as I rushed dirty dishes into the dishwasher to be run as we left for church. I wanted in that moment to turn to our little Google Home Mini (that one that aggravates me so, because we have communication issues) to ask him to play the song, but I didn’t have the time to listen to him telling me “That song is only available for Google Play Music subscribers,” so I finished my task and rushed  ...

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Featured, Gestational Carrier, Surrogacy, Thoughts

Of How I’m Feeling

For nearly nine months we shared living space – he made me sick (literally), rammed his head into my bladder, shoved his body into my stomach space, and threw wild dance parties at all hours of the night. And now he’s gone, home where he belongs. And I have this body back to myself. And it sure has bounced back a lot sooner than I’d anticipated or experienced previously. But, then, as it turns out, when one isn’t trying to take care of oneself, getting the necessary  ...

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