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Life in Golden Light

Thoughts from Audrey Jackson Wright on a broken but beautiful life

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Posted on September 30, 2019October 1, 2019

On birth [a letter to our firstborn son]

The warmth from your chest melted on to my own, chilled and shaking from three hours of pushing you out of me. In the end, it wasn’t enough. And men and women in blue scrubs filled the room, preparing to intervene. The doctor, white hair and wrinkles around his eyes, tied a mask around his …

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Posted on October 20, 2016July 9, 2017

Maybe what you want is what God wants too

What do you want? She asked me, this new sweet friend I’ve made. Her voice was soft and kind and confident. And her eyes let me know that she was once where I am. Sitting there—wandering around under the stars—wondering about the one who created them. Wondering which way is true north. What. Do. I. …

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Posted on October 10, 2014October 10, 2014

Letters to Ruby

June 20, 2014  Dear Ruby, Today, your mother found out she was having you. She’s known for a while there was a baby growing inside of her. We ate at this new little bistro in Mount Juliet the other day—over by the movie theatre. And she told me about the way she could feel you …

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