handle the joy
I recently read that we don’t attempt to heal from the trauma to be able to handle the trauma—we heal from the trauma to be able to handle the joy….
Small Talk: After School Pick Up Edition
There’s a bag of Haribo Ice Tea gummies next to me and a library discard book I bought for $1 at the last library book sale. I’m supposed to be…
when pigs fly
How do I explain the years? The day in, day out, mundane. How do I explain the scars and the new wounds? The reaching for the moon, the falling down,…
take me back
Deep breath. Inhale. Exhale. Tucking a little one into their crib and singing lullabies you didn’t realize you remembered tugs at some special strings in your heart when your own…
Decide. Choose.
“We’re all going to die. We don’t get much say over how or when, but we do get to decide how we’re gonna live. So, do it. Decide. Is this…
Write a happy story in 3 words.
after work hugs many happy homes growing like weeds knee high grass when ends meet more than enough so much cake (kb) happy, healthy family (lv) blessed, for sure He…
and buy a farm instead
The fields and barns gave way to houses closer to the road, the boys hushed in the back seat, the road curved through this Sunday drive on a Friday afternoon kind of…
every drop of salt water
God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at the break of day.” Psalm 46:5 We’re getting good at tossing clothes in a bag and escaping…
dreaming of…
more time with the boys, days that don’t last so long, a house that smells of fresh bread and cookies and a box full of favorite recipes, a cleaning routine that…