I have a wee one transitioning out of napping, kids who think "sleep" is a four letter word, and a child who cries at the sight of vegetables on a …
love poem
love is in the airhe kissed me then he lefti saw him climb the stairin cool dark earlinesslove is in the aira ball is thrown betweenboys and walls and …
motorcycle mama
None of us would be here without a mom. Even if she walked away, had her life cut too short by tragedy or illness, or slowly drifted off sometime …
pretty feet
I always wanted to be beautiful.I remember looking at beautiful women as a little girl and hoping, just hoping that one day I would be as lovely. I …
the front row
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it …
the chooser
"It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation."-Jane Austen, …
everyday intentions
Love is invincible facing danger and death. Passion laughs at the terrors of hell.The fire of love stops at nothing— it sweeps everything before …
our shadows
I look in their faces as they jump and yell and run,When a shadow of the past passes quietly.All full of today and who they have become,My love for …
shaved heads
When I was a teenager, one of my younger cousins, Michael, was diagnosed with leukemia. Like most cancer patients, he lost his hair during treatment. …
lifted hands
The loud beat and melodic sound of worship music was blaring around us. Five hundred college students were singing their hearts out to God like they …
gifts in a parking lot
Boy 1 woke up with something on his mind."I had a dream about people who are poor. They only had a little soup, and were so hungry. Mom, I …
love is a battlefield
The babysitter arrived at 6:30. Boy 1 turned green suddenly. He felt horrible. Maybe we should stay home. Our romantic night was dissolving. A …
