This past Saturday many young women walked across the stage I've walked across, and they received the piece of paper that is so much more than that--it's the results of minutes and hours and days and years of listening and learning and writing and critiquing and speaking and sharing and thinking and challenging themselves to… Continue reading Spread Your Wings and Soar
Tag: growing and blooming
Family Jewels
So this is it. An ordinary day that has really big things attached to it. And to be honest, I'm really excited. For every single day, three years in a row, I've sat down at some point during my day, usually after all have gone to bed and the house is quiet, and I've shared… Continue reading Family Jewels
scatter seeds of kindness
spring breezes sunshine planting and tilling the soil and the thought washes over me like the rain pouring on the dark, rich soil all those years, each one of them, Daddy planted the seeds always dropping more than one in each space patiently, gently, with his weathered, worn hands in all those years he harvested… Continue reading scatter seeds of kindness
A Little Writing Assignment
Yesterday after our Princess finished her math and spelling exercises, I asked her to work on her creative writing. Rather than giving her a prompt as I usually do, I told her she could write about anything she would like. A few minutes later, I heard piano music. The littles have been taking lessons since… Continue reading A Little Writing Assignment
pack up the moon
when you were very small and the world seemed so big I held your tiny hand with the perfect pink fingernails no bigger than a pencil top and whispered in your sweet little ear, "I love you to the moon and back" when you started dreaming of who and what you wanted to be, big… Continue reading pack up the moon
A Weekend With the Gardeners
Treasure your relationships, not your possessions. --Anthony J. D'Angelo One is not done growing or grown "up" when she leaves Wesleyan College as a young woman. When she returns "home," Wesleyan and all her sisters will continue to feed her soul and empower her to bloom and to continue becoming more--more of whom she was… Continue reading A Weekend With the Gardeners
The Night the Tree Fell
Tonight I sat and watched an old tree being felled. It was dead, I was told, and could have damaged something or hurt someone, so I understand. In my mind, I get it. But my heart was breaking. Death and endings make me sad. And I was thinking about this-- If we don't plant more… Continue reading The Night the Tree Fell
Leroy’s “New” Plant
Tuesdays often find me driving down the very first driveway I ever drove on. The one at Blackberry Flats. Home. Once again life and laughter and love fills the house and the yard and the spot beneath the Scotch Pine--and all up its branches as the children climb and play, hardly able to be seen… Continue reading Leroy’s “New” Plant
Hope’s a Bloomin’
All those blossoms unfurling their delicate beauty and reflecting the message of life on branch after branch.....it does my heart good to see all the excitement and joy those little flowers bring. They defy the season of dormancy and life being on hold, and they tell the world that new life is returning. There is… Continue reading Hope’s a Bloomin’
Listening to Hear
So speaking of listening, I wanted to tell you about a young man who has made a great impression on me and mine. Yesterday in the midst of our out and abouts, the littles and I found ourselves next door to the GW Boutique on the other side of town. Lest you think I was… Continue reading Listening to Hear
I Might Need A Nap 