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 …
As Love Grows
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 Won’t Tell Them
According to the National Domestic Violence Hotline, “On average, 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States — more than 12 million women and men over the course of a year.” I won’t do it. I won’t tell my daughters to put their …