Note to Self

A RECORD OF DAILY GRACE

The little legacies we leave behind

I noticed, the other day, a patch of crocuses coming up by the basketball hoop we inherited with this house when we moved in. Like much...

Bethany Colas

Mar 16, 20243 min read

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Redefining grief

While preparing for our last move, I wrote about the regret I felt at not having put down deeper roots during our time in Northern...

Bethany Colas

May 14, 20233 min read

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Between here and there

Well, here we are again, on the cusp of yet another move. We've entered that part of the process where I can no longer pretend it's...

Bethany Colas

Apr 26, 20232 min read

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Haiku 7

We bleed common grace like berries in the sun; words drip from fingertips I wrote this final haiku months after I wrote the others as the...

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Jul 13, 20222 min read

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ABOUT BETHANY

I enjoy tea and cozy mysteries, warm croissants, blooming magnolia trees, and kitchen dance parties.

I'm a military wife and mother of three, an introvert and reluctant nomad who believes in putting down roots and living life in community however temporary.

And this is my record of God's grace revealed in the tension between all of these.