Shekinah
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Vol. 45 No. 3 – Winter 2026
Aging
Witnesses to Aging
Through paint, fabric, faith, fiction, photography, poetry, and a variety of prose, the creators in this issue offer us a glimpse into their inner rings — their years, their stories, their change. This issue invites us to become witnesses to aging.
Open Water
I order six online — two suits in three different sizes. With menopause, my body is changing so fast I don’t know what will work.
A Casket Story
It’s a shame my casket can’t be on display before it goes into the ground, but we already have a coffee table and a chest to hold blankets … The full content of this post is available to subscribers. Subscribe now or log in!
Redefining Adventure
For years, I thought I had settled for a smaller life, that I’d missed my shot, and my best adventures had passed me by. The full content of this post is available to subscribers. Subscribe now or log in!
My Body, Her Echo
My body is not an enemy. It is a good body and really, all I have. The full content of this post is available to subscribers. Subscribe now or log in!
The Hummingbird in My Freezer
I began to wonder on a spiritual level if this exquisite, flawless, tiny thing, and all of God’s sentient creatures for that matter — including myself — have enough self-awareness to have torpor-like moments. The full content of this post is available to subscribers. Subscribe no…
We Wore Dresses Reviewed by Ynna Padilla
Bushman-Carlton covers motherhood, friendship, nostalgia of childhood, and the daily mundanities composing our existences with poems about each phase of her life from girlhood to becoming a grandmother.
Thoughtful Women: The Art of Making Plans
As I continue to age, I hope to be intentional. I plan to embrace Mary’s and my grandma’s examples, and hope that you will catch me Swedish death cleaning, making my own funeral arrangements, and dancing in the front row at Zumba. The full content of this post is available to sub…
“What did you get for question seven?”
I wonder if, in a desire to avoid comparison, there has also been a loss of solidarity. Has minding our own business left other people feeling like they’ve missed a map or answer sheet that everyone else seems to have? The full content of this post is available to subscribers. Su…
Gratitude for Time to Learn
There is so much to know. Aging has helped me learn things I could have learned in no other way. The full content of this post is available to subscribers. Subscribe now or log in!