Daily Nourishment for March 13, 2024: Where We Cry with Heather Christle and Catherine Ricketts

Daily Nourishment Read Time: 30 seconds
Pause/Prompt/Practice Time: 10-15 minutes


"A car is a private crying area. If you see a person crying near a car, you may need to offer help. If you see a person crying inside a car, you know they are already held." - Heather Christle, The Crying Book

Pause.

Set a timer for two minutes and meditate on Under the Weeping Ash Tree by Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson.

 

Prompt.

Where do you go when you cry? Write about the places your tears take you.

 

Practice.

List the last five places where you have cried. Do you think fondly of those places? Do they trouble you?

Want More?
Read Psalm 56 and notice what it says about tears.

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Today’s Note from Charlotte


Today’s Daily Nourishment was provided by Catherine Ricketts. You can pre-order her new book, The Mother Artist, here.

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