Chasing the Sun is a collection of poems of hope and light for the dark days of winter. You can read Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, and Volume 8.

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MY PROMISE TO THE PAGE
I don’t know much right now,
But I know that I must write through it.
I must keep putting pen to paper, 
Taking one step 
after another,
Processing
Reflecting
Healing
Using words 
to make sense 
of all the change,
Heartbreak, 
Pain and sorrow.
Even if it doesn’t make sense 
on this side of Heaven,
The searching for words 
is healing in itself,
The light shining in each syllable
Between each line,
Every labor of love
on the page
For the Lord, 
for the light.

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HOLY DEMANDS
Isn’t it funny
How one moment is grey,
Pale,
Empty.
And as time ticks on 
Even a single second later,
The sun tears through the veil,
Demanding to meet you
On a fine October afternoon.

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ALASKA
I’ve heard there’s a place
Where the sun never sets,
Its presence there when you rise
And there when you say goodbye to the day.

I’m sure it gets old in July
But on the front end of November
There’s nowhere else
My heart wants to be
My body dreaming
Of standing in Alaska’s light. 

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Post Script

I’m so glad Mitch and I captured our reflections on marriage here at our one-year anniversary here, and it was so fun putting together this post with all our registry favorites! Feel free to pass along to any brides in your life for #inspo!