when we start out with conversations, we most often start with light conversation, when actually what we wanna say is 'how have you been?', or 'what can i pray for you about?'
at least i know that's what's on my mind.
questions like
'are you growing?'
'what difficulties have you been facing?'
'can i help in any way?'
'is anyone with you as you go through this season of your life?'

and yet, despite the questions that float around, what comes out is talk about the weather, talk about work, talk about hours, talk about how late we are.

a desire to connect, yet we usually leave after just that bit of contact.