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a student of grace, seeking wonder, becoming fluent in the language of hope

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An Announcement, A Celebration, and A Good Long Ugly Cry.

April 6, 2014 By Alia Joy

I have big exciting news. This post was supposed to be me sharing that. I tried to write it all day. But I couldn’t. So, I gave up and realized that sometimes when you write and it comes out differently than you planned, it just might be the elixir for what ails you. This is that. The moments of grief crash hard at inopportune times, like today. The last time grief interrupted, I find myself abandoning my grocery cart with items carefully selected for their affordability and accordance with …

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Filed Under: writing, Writing Tagged With: (in)courage writers, daughters, dreams, Family, grief, hurt, story

Tell Your Story: A micro-memoir link up

February 16, 2014 By Alia Joy

 You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it. - Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird I've long believed we are at our best when allowing ourselves time to sit with another in their story and to share our own. When we walk around a bit in someone else's memories and see what life looks like from eyes not our own, we grow in the ability to comprehend another's suffering and triumphs, struggles and …

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Filed Under: Story, writing, Writing Tagged With: (in)courage writers, blogging, Blogging, memoir, story

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Hi, I’m Alia Joy

INFJ and Enneagram 4w5…so it’s complicated. Wife and mom, coffee-dependent, grace saved, cynical idealist learning fluency in her native tongue, the language of hope. My pen is my weapon of choice to fight off the darkness when depression looms, it is my compass for navigating my messy mind, my even messier heart. Writing is my wilderness and my home. I write the reminders to find my way back to the heart of God. I write to feel God’s pleasure.

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