She is more than a diagnosis. Wispy brown hair always worn in a ponytail Eyes that sparkle when you can catch them A tiny frame, now eight years old And though she be but little, she is fierce* 8 years to wonder 8 years to wait, to hope, to pray, to admit it’s more than …
This beautiful writing is done by guest contributor Dawn Patrice Garrett. I am honored to include her work and to count her as a friend and a mother I greatly admire. The idea of using a permanent marker, not just “penciling in” is important for our children, and for us. Every Milestone When Cody was …
Tears in the Doorway I never imagined myself at the park in pajamas. Today I tried to pay twice at Burger King. I was getting food for my parents and I literally paid at the first window and then tried to pay again at the second. I wasn’t being super nice. I just can’t think …
What seems to us bitter trials are often blessings in disguise. Oscar Wilde Singing Lessons Sometimes we forget our blessings, but we can always remember again. A few weeks ago my oldest daughter had a piano and singing recital. She played Lost Boys and sang Say Something. We watched, we clapped, we snacked, we took …
Parenting is not easy. Laura Markham said, “The truth is, parenting as well as we can is always hard – really, truly, the hardest thing any of us has ever done.” How about Ray Ramano’s idea on parenting? He says, “Having children is like living in a frat house: nobody sleeps, everything is broken, and …
As love grows, so do we. Picture perfect blurred by all the things we didn’t see. The really tough pieces of life all laid out upon our table, pieces undone and rearranged, doing all that we are able. Still holding hands, still a place to rest, holding on through the storms when it feels like …
I hope I never take for granted each moment I have with my little ones. We’ve all heard the expressions – “time is a thief,” “time waits for no one,” “it all goes by in a blink.” We know and yet we don’t know, until we can’t recover the moments. It all moves so fast. …
Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God “Then you must tell ’em dat love ain’t somethin’ lak uh grindstone dat’s de same thing everywhere and do de same thing tuh everything it touch. Love is lak de sea. It’s uh movin’ thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from de shore it …
“Motherhood is the exquisite inconvenience of being another person’s everything.” —Unknown “A mother understands what a child does not say.” —Jewish proverb “Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.” —George Eliot “A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take.” —Cardinal Mermillod Who I am …
Little girls grow up so fast. Faster than I ever could have imagined. From a tiny baby to a teenager, it is all going by so quickly. Our parents and grandparents try to explain this phenomenon to us, but we can never see it until we are older and in the middle of experiencing it …
