Michelle F. Morrow

The Story I’m Telling Myself

A desire to write is emerging after a bit of a hibernation. It has been two years since my last post, and at that time I was still focusing on LGBTQ inclusion in Christian spaces. The urge to write is waking up, stretching a bit, feeling hungry and looking around trying to get its bearings. I know I want to write. I am not totally sure what I want to write. There’s a story inside of me that wants to be told, but at the moment it is something I feel rather than something I can wrap language around. I am hoping that by updating my website, I am making space for words to start forming.

I am imagining the focus of this space to shift a bit. Over the last couple of years I have learned a lot about myself and the world around me, and I’m figuring out how to make sense of what I see through the new lenses I’ve discovered. I want to share some of that journey of meaning making here. Partly because I gain clarity as I verbally process: writing words down is one way I can capture the million thoughts and questions that are constantly buzzing or racing or chasing down connections in my mind. Also partly because I hope the work I’m doing to think and feel and live my way through the reality I’m trying to articulate is helpful to others. More specifically, I hope “thinking out loud” will encourage others to practice greater curiosity and reflection in ways that lead to openness, discovery and growth.

So, welcome to the story I’m telling myself. I’ll do my best to wrestle with it, and write and re-write it (because it will change and grow over time) as honestly as I know how.

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