Drinking all the cups of coffee. Sharing all the drops of bliss. Creator of a cozy home & mama village.
I decided that the most subversive, revolutionary thing I could do was to show up for my life and not be ashamed. ~Ann Lemmott How aptly that sums up 2017. It was a year of navigating our way through the maze of becoming a family of four, a year of job and living changes, and... Continue Reading →
My Sweet Abby, You have been counting down the days until your birthday. Talking about all of the sweets and pink sparkly things that you wanted. And, today, you finally turned three. Donned your pink sparkly birthday hat. Prepared to greet the world with the same enthusiasm that you have for all of life. You... Continue Reading →
I have a daughter that likes to twirl and flip and somersault and kick and throw punches and bury her head deep inside my pelvis to avoid "making it easy" on ultrasound techs. I have a daughter with beautiful fingers and toes and ears. I have a daughter who is already living up to her... Continue Reading →
End of two very long days. Alarm clock blaring at 4 a.m.. Sun setting hours and hours before David and I rumbled into our townhouse's garage. Middle school girls' basketball game supervision after school. High school preview night. Dinners on the go. There's not much left of me except dirty dish still to wash and... Continue Reading →
Father God, I read Your Word, specifically Your Psalms, and I hear the call to come up higher, come cuddle in Your lap, come rejoice with You. Today . . . today . . . I give thanks. You have not left me to the enemies of my soul - depression, fear, anger, worry -... Continue Reading →
A brown fleece blanket wraps itself snuggly around my folded legs, as embroidered couch pillows cushion my curled form. Events, decisions, thoughts, disappointments, joys, and lessons of 2011 parade themselves through my heart just as the televised New Year's floats meander down the San Antonio, Texas, riverwalk display. Maybe, you too are snuggled somewhere, resting from... Continue Reading →
It's 40 degrees, muggy, and chilly in the Bluegrass state. Wet cold wraps its fingers around all who venture outside unprepared for its lingering bite. But, it's beautiful. Truly, beautiful. As I perused the neighborhood views in the rolling hills of Louisville's outskirts, I was overwhelmed by the little pictures I often don't notice. Deep... Continue Reading →
"'If it were up to me . . .' and then the words pounds, desperate and hard, 'I'd write this story differently.' I regret the words as soon as they leave me. They seem so un-Christian, so unaccepting - so No, God! I wish I could take them back, comb out their tangled madness, dress... Continue Reading →
Sunlight creates prisms of haze on my eyelashes, as cold air raises goose bumps on my bare legs. Two miles around my nearby pond, and I'm ready to call it quits this morning. It's the same pond that I've jogged 'round and 'round when my heart was breaking over the pain of my friend's attempted... Continue Reading →
A fat baby waves its arms in protest as it is handed from young mother to doting friend. Padded winter gear in pastel tones engulf the chubby cheeks, neck, belly, and legs. The frigid Denver temperatures only accentuate the festive mood inside the warm church's annual holiday season gift sale. The new mother continues to... Continue Reading →
