Moments like this are not a given anymore, even though ages 8 and 13 sound a heartbeat apart. Unless that is, you are a parent. And then you know one smiles and giggles regularly while the other’s feelings are fleeting. I readily solve the little one’s heartbreaks, but the older ones pain is real now and more likely cured lifted… Read More
Strange Mother’s Day
Photo credit: Mari Andrews My husband and my daughters have been the sole focus of my life for nearly 17 years, and my old existence consisted entirely of my mother and my childhood. And there are no overlapping memories of these key figures. That makes for a strange Mother’s Day. If you have a strange Mother’s Day, for any one… Read More
Simplicity – Lent
Inhale, Exhale It is well It is well All of this Is a part Of the story You will tell ~Morgan Harper Nichols Over the last few years, I have been spinning in circles and searching for a purpose. And as much fun as that endless shame spiral was, this year I am giving peace and calm a… Read More