I look up to the woman before me. With wide eyes I see such beauty. Her textured hands full of beauty and grace, the small black watch fitted over elegant lifted wrist bones. She smiles at me and it reaches her eyes. The wrinkles in perfect form on either side of her mouth. She laughs […]
Today while driving Sidekick 1 asked me this question, “Why is God taking all of our people right now?” I didn’t know how to answer her. It made me feel very sad. I don’t like posting all things gloom and doom but it has been a very rough month at our house. We are currently […]
I am currently in the process of a long goodbye. I’m losing my grandmother. The mother of my mother. The last tie I truly have. You see, there is an order. Parents should never lose a child. I have always understood this looking at it as a parent myself, but I never took the time […]
Dear Mom, It has been three years since you left me. Three years since I last talked with you. Three years. So much has happened in these three years. So many things. Your grandson was born. He’s incredible Mom. He’s funny and sweet. He was born without you. He had his first bath without you. […]
I should be visiting my grandparents today, but instead I am home, with my kids with a cold. Instead, I am finishing a story about my grandma, well a grandma at least but she sure seems a lot like mine. This story made me reminisce about the wonderful lady that she is. It made me […]
He sat upright in his chair. Cancer causing pain to pulse through his bones. If he just held still, he could keep it at bay. She came to him, aged beauty, and fluffed his pillow. He patted her hand. Years of care-taking, years of love. When he looked at her he saw babies, family, […]
A Day With An Angel I pick up the phone and dial your number On this special day I always remember I wish you would pick up the end of the line So I could tell you how grateful I am that you’re mine But all I have left of you now Are the memories […]
My daughter was born with a cleft lip. When I found out, I was terrified. It was the unknown and the concern for her happiness, not just her health that kept my heart in my throat for months. I am embarrassed to admit that I found myself asking, “Why her? Why me? Why us?” It […]
I recently had a conversation with a dear friend of mine, that is really sticking with me. This amazing woman, and truly she is, just became a grandma. How great is that? It’s wonderful and fulfilling and something that she has always wanted, but something isn’t right. Her baby, and her grand-baby are thousands of […]
As mothers, we will never be good enough. Historically, and I know this from my mother and grandmother, they too felt inadequate. In their time, the expectation was that they have a clean house, good food on the table and well behaved children. The way they achieved this was through time spent cleaning, cooking, sending […]
Someone very close to me is going through a very difficult time. I am seeing things through a whole new perspective-through her. As a mother, I am given such high regards for the position that I hold. Making a choice to be a “stay at home” mom or to be a full time working mom […]