Dear Children, As I woke up this morning and pulled on my yoga pants, that were left like firefighter turnout gear on the floor next to my bed, I was instantly thinking about you. Not your breakfast or what I would scrounge up for your lunch (I’ll probably feel guilty about that half ass […]
Who are “They”?
Lately I have concentrated on being a listener and learner. I have seen all sorts of circumstances unfold for families all around me, on the news, and on social media. One of my sisters told me not to long ago that I am an empath, meaning that I soak up too much of what’s around […]
Healing Hearts
Driving home from school is usually pretty quiet. I’ve learned that boys don’t want to share until they are ready… or at least fed. Today was different though. Straight away you told me that something huge happened in art class. I was excited because you were excited and I wondered what cool art project […]
The Best Things
You came down after I’d put you to bed last night and asked me if I had seen the moon. I hadn’t and we went out front, you in your jammies, and we looked up at the beautiful, full moon. I put my arm around you and you then put your little arm around my […]
The Waiting Room
I’m wearing his wedding ring and sitting in the waiting room. It’s full of stories. The large family to my right is chatting about their farm while drifting back to the biopsy they are waiting on for their precious wife and mother. The family to my left is Asian and while I don’t speak their language, […]