We close the door to summer. Sweet pictures in our minds. Of laughter, love, and leisure….. Spinning ’round…. Like a Merry-go-round…. In our minds. Beaches. Barbeques. Volleyball. Play Dates. As labor of days enter peace moments…Sweeping summer away. Time has come….to jump on train of schedules. ….Hours filled with obligations. Chiseling time away like a […]
I don’t usually write on weekends. But today…I recollect. Remember. Appreciate…my parents. Today is their 45th Wedding Anniversary. This is my letter to them…. Dear Mom and Dad, Just to call you that. To say, not Mom or Dad. Not, Step Mom or Step Dad. But, Mom and Dad….as one. Rare. Beautiful words. Words I appreciate […]
You brought me flowers today. With roughened hands…from labors years. Once manicured. Tended. Cared for. Now, living sacrifices of surrender… Love put not in words, but acts of service. Gifts of endearment. The hours of hands labor. Early mornings before sun wakes and the world arises… Hands with worn away layers, callouses from life’s lament. Yet, […]
Sitting, resting aching body…reflections of honor cords & robs & square hats. Turmoil to hard to put in words after a weekend full of rejoicing. Aching in a greater way, no earthly pain can measure, contemplating…grasping….the pain of letting go. It’s done! Eight years homeschooling. Gifted, eldest child. Private school. Carpool. Algebra. Moral, physical, social balances…all […]
Would I do it again? The question lingers… Take on an infant? A consuming, drug exposed, consequence of society. Government. Irresponsibility. Embrace the failings of a mothers choices. Hear the noise…of aches, pains, withdrawals…abandonment? Know…this child fights for hope. Struggling to breath. Seizures. Spasms. Difficulty eating. Comfort the lifeless limbs. Hold the tiny bones of a […]
My Son, What do I say? You turn eighteen today. Grown…in every way. From soft, baby skin & long, skinny feet, to a strapping man, now 6 foot 3. To write this, son, is bitter, sweet. You grabbed my heart before your birth. Talking to you, playing classical music to you, and loving you long before […]