There comes moments in life, moments when you feel utterly helpless. Moments when someone close to you is breaking, fragmented, shattered. Moments when all you want is to desperately reach out to that person and hold them. Try to make everything go away, just give them peace. Comfort and peace and a safe place to [...]
The Lighthouse
November 18th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Tags: Family · Parenting · Relationships
Love is a Messy, Messy Thing.
November 7th, 2008 · 8 Comments
Last weekend, I had plans to sleep in. And I mean SLEEP IN. As any mother knows, that really translates to laying in bed until 9, ’cause key-ripes 5:30 am, everyday? Sucks. Because my children are 6 and 7, and well-trained, I can occasionally do this. Having a relaxing morning experience with Aftermath is a [...]
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Kissing Our Own Owies
September 17th, 2008 · No Comments
I have always kissed my kids minor bumps and bruises until they were old enough to not need it. So often a kiss was all that it took for the owie to go magically away. There are scrapes that kisses can’t anesthetize. But, for the first few years of their lives, my [...]
Tags: Family
Who Cares For Mine, I Love.
June 11th, 2008 · 6 Comments
I moved to a new job in January. Because I work in a church, it meant that our family moved to a new church. Because the job isn’t far away, we didn’t have to move to a new house, nor did our daughter have to change schools. As a high school junior, that is a [...]
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