Tonight as I toss my hand up in some semblance of a goodbye to 2014, I find myself looking ahead. Sometimes looking back is just too much to handle. This hasn't been a bad year, it's just there were firsts that were hard on the heart--and a lot to learn as I navigated the emotional… Continue reading Turning the Page
Month: December 2014
the parts of me that never were
I huddle in the back of the cold room and lift the lid of the wooden chest in the corner, in the bottom right there is the faded cardboard box I lift it out and gently take the lid off the tissue paper is just as I remember a bit more yellowed, some disintegrating… Continue reading the parts of me that never were
Silent Night in Japan
Christmas of 2004, our Princess was five weeks old. We were in Japan, and besides the four of us (Cooter didn't arrive until a little over two years later), the only family we had there were the folks who had wrapped us up in their arms and hearts and called us their own. This special… Continue reading Silent Night in Japan
Friending Folks in Real Life
I have been visiting with my brother and sharing stories of all kinds. We have laughed and laughed until we cried. But one story he told me made me want to laugh, cry, and shake my head all at the same time. Bubba is in a caring profession, caring for the spirits and needs of… Continue reading Friending Folks in Real Life
The Story of the Lamp Box Present
Many moons ago before my oldest entered this world, I sat around the Christmas tree with people I loved as we were opening presents. I try to be meticulous when I am unwrapping a present, and even more so at this point in my life--as I have wrapped many a present and can appreciate the… Continue reading The Story of the Lamp Box Present
’tis the season
'Twas the day after Christmas and all through the house the noses were sneezing and coughs were leaving the mouths. The flu had visited and been gone for a few but this, these symptoms were something entirely new. No fever, so the question was asked, "Are we really even sick?" But then as… Continue reading ’tis the season
Christmas Cheer
Tonight I'm thankful for barefooted little boys feeling well enough to run around outside on a day that has blue skies and sunshine. I'm thankful for little girls who are growing up but still hug dolls and cry over sweet stories. I give thanks for big girls who love dolls and listening to the radio… Continue reading Christmas Cheer
…..And then…..But then
My little guy Cooter is sick. He started running fever yesterday afternoon and woke up with the same temperature this morning. I'm impressed that he's fighting this on his own--I have yet to give him any medicine and it's staying steady below 102. I'm also *ahem* impressed that it doesn't seem to have slowed him… Continue reading …..And then…..But then
the crack in the darkness
what if as we sit in the darkness, trying to figure out how to piece it all back together again each time we feel the pain of the losing what if, as the darkness threatens to envelop us, and all the light that we cannot see is just out of our reach what… Continue reading the crack in the darkness
why i will miss Christmas
come Friday I will be sad that Christmas is over few celebrate it all twelve days anymore my heart will be heavy not because of the gifts which will have all been given and received and not because of things done and left undone cookies can still be baked and stories can still be… Continue reading why i will miss Christmas
I Might Need A Nap 