Dance baby, Dance baby
One, two, three
Step, clap, step, clap
Head bopping, shaking side to side
Get out of my head!
Hands thrashing in circles,
From the ashes, I will rise!
Hop forward and backward,
Plan of attack coming forth,
Just one more dance,
Boxer’s stance, fists up,
Are you ready?
Come on, want to fight?
Light on my toes,
Picking up speed,
Fire in my eyes,
Get out of my head!
Seeking light in the darkness,
I will only ask once nicely,
Leave pretty please,
With a cherry on top!
(To the Ladies of Pine Lodge)
Code greens, Code searches, Chaos
I do not fully comprehend
Even I ran.
Dissociated,
And tried to hide in the forest
Because I thought
I was safer there.
Trauma and ED are real.
It is a part of our stories
At Pine Lodge.
Sometimes we do not know
what is in front of us.
We rise.
We climb.
We are challenged.
And we face the storm.
We are strong.
We are the Ladies of Pine Lodge
Summer/Fall 2020
Letting go…
Changing into a beautiful masterpiece.
Day by Day,
We give of ourselves
Minute by minute.
Take a deep breath,
Embrace the moment,
There is a beautiful world ahead of you!
We’ve got this!
No matter what,
The fight within and around us,
We are emptied,
Then filled with sweet love.
-KI-
Help.
Poppa, I cannot breathe.
I keep trying to be brave.
Even when all of the odds are against me.
I need your help.
Desperately,
My heart is heavy.
Please Poppa.
I’m tired, my skin hurts from all of the wounds.
Help.
Sometimes the heart gets really heavy,
Isolation makes it worse,
Open up little one,
Open up.
The enemy wants me to keep hiding.
Poppa wants me to come into the light.
I’m frightened.
I close my eyes,
Trying to breathe,
In my soft voice, I yearn for Him.
Dear Poppa, I need you here in this place.
Please meet me here,
Help me to shake off the layers of darkness,
And be made new, pure and clean.
I am so tired of being covered in filth,
Covered by the wounds from my past.
The time is now.
You are knocking,
Please Jesus, Poppa…
Please meet me here.
One foot forward, two steps forward,
My hand grabs for your extended hand.
I am safe with you.
I am safe with you.
I am safe with you.
You are with me.
You are not going anywhere.
Poppa, your light is so very bright.
Please walk with me and help me to walk out of the darkness into the light.
She is witty
A bright soul
Someone who loves no matter what
Who drops everything to pray for anyone on their behalf or in person
Loves Jesus
More than you know
She is so hard on herself
Seeks to make a difference and share her testimony
Big eyes, Big heart, Big Hopes…
A fighter
A warrior
A princess
She strives to be made whole in God.
She doubts who she truly is in the eyes of her Father.
She screams instead of surrendering to love.
She fears being hurt…
Because that is what she is used to.
But she does love the good shepherd.
Hugs can be warm and comforting.
She desires to be seen, known, heard and loved.
The journey continues on…
New beginnings, New changes…
To be aware of His Presence.
He knows her, He sees her, He loves her.
Krysten.Ivey 