Love this. Helps me gain perspective for my own writing journey and all the insecurities that come along with it. Keep plodding forward and being faithful. :)
I've been saving these 3 essays until I could finally make space to read them. I'm thankful that I was finally able to! I've deeply appreciated your writing over the years and your transparency, no less now when things are hard in a new way for you. I'm learning as a songwriter what you express about writing that "showing up" and practicing the craft is half the battle.
I don’t really have words to adequately express the ways your writing has given words to some of my deep wrestlings and questions over the past few years. I want to express my gratitude for you in how you display vulnerability and honesty in your journey. Your writing has been a companion through some dark seasons - deep disillusionment with our healthcare system (particularly in the ways it continues to harm the poor), contemplating leaving my work in medicine, our family’s experience of (however feebly) attempting to live in solidarity with others subjected to poverty and the unspeakable pain and loss (and joy) that comes through the process of accompaniment, feelings of alienation from faith communities in which we once found belonging, etc. I know your post is not fishing for validation that your writing has been productive in the ways you had hoped. But I also feel compelled to let you know that your writing has been formative for our family, given language for experiences we haven’t known fully how to process, and brought encouragement in times of despair. Thank you, Judy.
It has been a gift to read your words, Judy! Thank you for sharing them with us. Also—LOVED that climbing video. I just got into climbing myself and feel like I’ve discovered something so special and exhilarating!
Love this. Helps me gain perspective for my own writing journey and all the insecurities that come along with it. Keep plodding forward and being faithful. :)
I've been saving these 3 essays until I could finally make space to read them. I'm thankful that I was finally able to! I've deeply appreciated your writing over the years and your transparency, no less now when things are hard in a new way for you. I'm learning as a songwriter what you express about writing that "showing up" and practicing the craft is half the battle.
I don’t really have words to adequately express the ways your writing has given words to some of my deep wrestlings and questions over the past few years. I want to express my gratitude for you in how you display vulnerability and honesty in your journey. Your writing has been a companion through some dark seasons - deep disillusionment with our healthcare system (particularly in the ways it continues to harm the poor), contemplating leaving my work in medicine, our family’s experience of (however feebly) attempting to live in solidarity with others subjected to poverty and the unspeakable pain and loss (and joy) that comes through the process of accompaniment, feelings of alienation from faith communities in which we once found belonging, etc. I know your post is not fishing for validation that your writing has been productive in the ways you had hoped. But I also feel compelled to let you know that your writing has been formative for our family, given language for experiences we haven’t known fully how to process, and brought encouragement in times of despair. Thank you, Judy.
It has been a gift to read your words, Judy! Thank you for sharing them with us. Also—LOVED that climbing video. I just got into climbing myself and feel like I’ve discovered something so special and exhilarating!
I am grateful for your words and perspectives, whenever they appear.