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A TragicalCoMance For the Ages
I am going to tell you a twisted tale. It is a magical love story but also a tragic comedy and a horror story. This one is in its own...

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Jul 136 min read


OF WILD HORSES AND THEIR TRAINERS
I'm contemplating the ways in which I never fully surrendered my singleness. The narrative of Caribbean culture drove home the theme that...

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Jul 74 min read


OF PINKY TOES & EYEBALLS: DISSECTING MY COMMUNAL RELATIONSHIP
I'm not accustomed to fighting for relationships nor am I accustomed to being fought for. This isn't a ploy for sympathy, its just a...

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Jun 204 min read


I WILL NOT GO QUIETLY INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT
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Jayma Anne Montgomery
Jun 152 min read


LOVE IS BLIND AND WISDOM IS FAR-SIGHTED
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Jayma Anne Montgomery
Mar 225 min read


GRIT, GRIME, AND THE GIFT ON THE OTHER SIDE
Paul Brand in his well-known book, The Gift of Pain , proposes that pain is a gift of GOD that is meant to protect us from danger and...

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Feb 275 min read
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN...
If reading about my life makes you uncomfortable then STOP READING. Better yet, unsubscribe. This is what writers do. We learn how to...

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Feb 251 min read


CONTENDING WITH COMPLICATED TRUTHS (PART 2)
“I guess its message is more important than its circumstance…” -Cynthia Erivo As promised, here is the remainder of my list of...

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Feb 247 min read


CONTENDING WITH COMPLICATED TRUTHS (PART 1)
One of my favorite scenes from Hamilton is “Satisfied.” I identified immediately with Angelica Schuyler’s role as the eldest sister...

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Feb 235 min read


THE SEA OF MULTI-COLORED GHOSTS
John Mark Comer once said something like this: (and I'm paraphrasing here) If we spend roughly 1/3 of our lives sleeping by design, then...

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Feb 214 min read


INTERNAL DISQUIET
I tried to turn off my cell phone today. I recall being able to do so relatively easily in times past, but a recent update must have...

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Feb 205 min read


THE BONE GATHERING: SEPARATING LIFE AND DEATH…
The outpouring of concern and responses to my last post was unexpected. I had no inkling how many people were reading and cared so...

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Oct 20, 20245 min read


These Bones Will Dance Again
I had an incredibly helpful yet potentially devastating revelation recently. I was reflecting on some recent tense conversations my...

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Oct 4, 20244 min read
WOUNDS, WORRIES, AND CHECKING FALSE HUMILITY AT THE DOOR
When you’re a person who is practiced at practicing humility, it eventually becomes easy to get prideful about how humble you are. Weird...

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Sep 27, 20245 min read
My First of July Lament
This has been a less than stellar year. My hopes that it would miraculously turn around were abandoned somewhere around the Ides of...

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Jul 1, 20244 min read


Musings on Doctor's Day 2024
2024 was heralded by the distinct sound of glass shattering against linoleum--thousands of champagne flutes in rapid succession. So...

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Mar 29, 20246 min read


When Nice Becomes Unkind
I haven't blogged in over five months. This wasn't intentional, but a natural byproduct of needing to, once again, examine my motives, do...

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Mar 22, 20245 min read


EXCESS, HOARDING, & MEASURES OF EARTHLY SUCCESS
Confronting my consumerist demons

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Oct 27, 20237 min read


Visions, Dreams, & Inner Monsters
Americans—immigrants and non-immigrants alike--are encouraged to dream. How many sappy movies are out there about characters chasing...

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Sep 29, 20234 min read


GETTING REAL ABOUT RACIAL TRAUMA
Is racial trauma a thing? I talk about why it is.

Jayma Anne Montgomery
Sep 8, 20237 min read
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