While cleaning my room recently, I encountered many projects I’d set aside that needed repair, including a broken piece of pottery Kaia made–one of her earliest and favorite pieces. It sat on my dresser for years until, on this day, I decided to get the glue. I’d read about a Japanese mending process called kintsugi, where artists mend pottery with lacquer infused with gold or other precious metals. The idea is that the breaks are part of the piece’s history. I wonder how we can repair the broken parts of our lives in a way that honors the beauty in our brokenness.
-Miriam McKenney