One of the perks of working from home is the enormous flexibility I am able to have. It's hard and so, so good to be able to parent my babe while working. I am so very grateful, and so very strapped for time. Because sometimes naptime isn't enough, yo. And it's hard...
We shared a week together at Bible camp, me a college counselor and she a high school camper. We prayed, drank hot chocolate, stayed up talking into the night, held our hands high in worship, sat in the cool canteen, and played field games. All our activities were...
I'm not sure how my fingers were led to these keys. The prompt has more than one meaning, and of course I gravitated towards my favorite one =) I just finished a book with a sad beginning, and I think that's why my brain took my fingertips where it did. This weeks...
She came from two hours away, knowing no one. She lost her infant son just months ago. His funeral was at this church. Her whole family brought her here, napping in the car while she came inside for an hour. She used to battle addiction. That table of five - they're...
Linking up again with Five Minute Friday at the wonderful Lisa-Jo Baker‘s. The rules: write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking. Hop over to her place to find out the full scoop behind FMF, and to visit other posts that were freely...
In April, (in)courage gave us the (in)RL conference. One of their speakers talked about a bench she put in her cul-de-sac that became a common ground for all the neighbors. They sat on that bench and talked and shared and laughed. We too can build benches in our...
As an at-home mom (a mom at all), I invest in someone besides myself. There is a little tiny person who needs my attention, love, creativity, patience, kindness and arms. My dear son is so high energy, so fearless, so sweetly demanding of all that I am. I wouldn't...
This weeks prompt: Friend* GO: Making friends doesn't come naturally to me. Ever since I was seven, and asked the girl in the patent leather shoes to be my friend. When she looked at me straight in the eye and replied, 'No.', something in me shriveled up. To put my...
Linking up again with Five Minute Friday at the wonderful Lisa-Jo Baker‘s. The rules: write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking. Hop over to her place to find out the full scoop behind FMF, and to visit other posts that were freely...
--edited later to add photos-- This weeks prompt: LISTEN* GO: He babbles constantly these days, my little Boy. Hosting imaginary dinner parties, talking to his beloved stuffed Puppy, pretending on the fake phone. He talks and laughs and coos. I have listened to his...
There are mothers without carseats, diapers or pacifiers. Mothers who do not have bedtime rituals or middle of the night feedings. Mothers without handstamped necklaces or birthstone rings. These are the other mothers - the ones in our midst who are quietly hurting. I...
This weeks prompt: Jump* GO: Remember skipping rope? Doing hurdles in gym class? Jumping up and down for sheer joy at a birthday party? All jumping, all joyful, all easy... at the time. Now, tinged with age and hardened a bit with experience, I feel sometimes that...
