https://themcdees.com/blogBLOG RSSSun, 05 Apr 2020 23:37:27 GMTSun, 05 Apr 2020 23:37:27 GMThttps://themcdees.com/blog/no-one-gains-without-losing-no-oneNO-ONE GAINS WITHOUT LOSING. NO-ONE.I wrote it in spite, for I hated it’s truth,The ink and the letters they growled.I crossed it out quickly, afraid lest I erredBut wrote it again just as loud.Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:12:22https://themcdees.com/blog/no-one-gains-without-losing-no-onehttps://themcdees.com/blog/nowWhatever it is your hell bent on saying...Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:55:52https://themcdees.com/blog/nowhttps://themcdees.com/blog/love-doesn-t-alwaysLove doesn’t always hug you. Sometimes it puts a load of washing on instead...Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:54:10https://themcdees.com/blog/love-doesn-t-alwayshttps://themcdees.com/blog/worthIt was advertised in the local paper ‘PIANO FOR SALE’ and most, if not all pianos for sale in this fashion left a great deal to be desired...Fri, 18 Jul 2025 01:53:38https://themcdees.com/blog/worthhttps://themcdees.com/blog/the-burningThe fireplace creaks as the furnace expands with the heat of the roaring blaze. I just opened the flue, and enthusiastic flames busy themselves devouring the fuel that was life and strength and now is slabs of ringed stored energy. Delayed power...Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:19:52https://themcdees.com/blog/the-burninghttps://themcdees.com/blog/the-widenessThere’s a wideness, a cruel gap.A great cavernBetween me and full revelation.The part where everything finally gets put back together.Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:07:01https://themcdees.com/blog/the-widenesshttps://themcdees.com/blog/do-me-a-favorDon't speak to me of darkness.I’ve had death crawl up my veins....Mon, 24 Feb 2025 20:02:46https://themcdees.com/blog/do-me-a-favorhttps://themcdees.com/blog/planting-hope“You and I are going to have to be friends” he says as I sit on the sterile paper covered clinic bed clinging to an altogether monstrously large patient wrap-around gown. The assisting nurse stands quietly by, she is calm. Very, very calm.Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:40:53https://themcdees.com/blog/planting-hopehttps://themcdees.com/blog/el-shaddai-god-almightyBut if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. Romans 8:25The room smells of Frankincense and Lavender.  The lingering aroma of a foot bath, complete with massage and back rub. A practical effort to bring relief in the face of core discomfort in a very young body, broken.Wed, 04 Sep 2024 10:37:10https://themcdees.com/blog/el-shaddai-god-almightyhttps://themcdees.com/blog/agitationI came to Jesus as I was, weary, and worn and sad; I found in Him a resting place, and He has made me glad." Horatius Bonar“Ma, the boys are being rude, and they won’t listen..."Thu, 22 Aug 2024 17:21:09https://themcdees.com/blog/agitationhttps://themcdees.com/blog/freedom-has-lines"So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free." Galatians 4:31“No!” He protested at his younger brother. “That is NOT the WAY you DO IT!!”Faces are red, tempers are rising, and the frustration of advanced experience boils the radiator cap.  I observe. The right time is not yet. I am looking further down the road than they are.“I can DO IT!” Younger brother deliberates loud as the tussle breaks out and bodies interlink to defend and offend. A tea-towel flailsTue, 24 Jan 2023 08:59:55https://themcdees.com/blog/freedom-has-lineshttps://themcdees.com/blog/copy-catIt's written across a sheet of A4 paper in pink highlighter and posted on her bedroom door.  THIS DOOR IS LOCKED!It's not.  It was, but isn't anymore....Mon, 24 Feb 2025 20:02:36https://themcdees.com/blog/copy-cathttps://themcdees.com/blog/where-s-pa​“Where’s Pa?” the demand is spat out.Looking up from the utensils draw I look momentarily bewildered.Seeing my confusion, the question comes a little softer “Do you KNOW... where Pa is?”Mon, 24 Feb 2025 20:02:38https://themcdees.com/blog/where-s-pahttps://themcdees.com/blog/for-goodness-sakeTiny misty droplets have settled on the dormant branches of the cherry blossom. Stark and bare the branches dare the visible vapour to nourish the unseen. As if in vain, a shower of crystal drops synchronize their hasty fall when a black bird alights on the arms of the tree...Tue, 31 Aug 2021 00:59:00https://themcdees.com/blog/for-goodness-sakehttps://themcdees.com/blog/feverLamentations 3:33  For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. He cries loud. A series of calls and groans that escape into the airwaves and assaults the sleep of all but his sibling brothers who would fail to stir in the wildest of storms. His own storm peaks. I roll out of bed and pick my way in the darkness to his room.Tue, 08 Dec 2020 01:20:15https://themcdees.com/blog/feverhttps://themcdees.com/blog/putting-it-togetherMatthew 13:52 "...every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old."The air sucked in as I opened the refrigerator door, the coolness of the chamber rushed out to greet my searching face.Tue, 08 Dec 2020 01:13:09https://themcdees.com/blog/putting-it-togetherhttps://themcdees.com/blog/facing-lifePsalms 17:15  As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.Sometimes you meet people, and they change your moment, and sometimes your life...Thu, 16 Jul 2020 14:50:56https://themcdees.com/blog/facing-lifehttps://themcdees.com/blog/almostActs 14:22  Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.Almost, is probably the one thing that plagues our days, months and moments. It’s the reason we start again, try again, push, commit, exert more energy. The Almost…Tue, 08 Dec 2020 01:13:59https://themcdees.com/blog/almosthttps://themcdees.com/blog/bnice-cookiesCoconut and oats, baked into a delicious crunchy cookie, just one of the many experiments in life that have worked out for the best. free recipe here...Mon, 24 Feb 2025 20:02:21https://themcdees.com/blog/bnice-cookieshttps://themcdees.com/blog/remember"Everybody helping please!"Unlucky family members appear out of the corners of the house and a few try to sneak out the back door but are dragged back in by older siblings.  The available ones line up in the kitchen, jostling and pushing forward to see what the next adventure I have dreamed up for them will be."Here is a wagon of grapes" myWed, 08 Apr 2020 23:07:23https://themcdees.com/blog/remember