I first heard about The Paper Mama’s photo challenge from Jess at I Rock So What {how cool is her header?} and I thought it would be a fun way to introduce you to the new bump too! After seeing another one of my pregnant pals belly pictures on Facebook {who is only a week [...]
You know you’re a mother…at Christmas time When the 3 year old class comes parading in front you to do their rendition of Jingle Bell Rocks you tear up, you tear up so much you don’t even mind when the Dad who is clearly high & reeking of Jim Bean shoves his camera in your [...]
Long before I was a mother stroking the cheek of a pre-schooler while we role played the Bernstein Bears I was a 16-year-old girl embarking on my first solo adventure. Bible College. My intentions were good as I made my way to evening church serves & early morning intercession. What starts in the dark… I was [...]
It’s 7:00 & dinner has finally finished. Mom has a PTA meeting & Dad is going wherever Dad’s go at this hour {I have my suspicions}. “Upstairs to do your homework scout” Mom instructs as she’s clearing the table. Dad grabs the trash bag on his way out & tells Mom to make sure she [...]
Love born out of fire, tried against the grain. Waiting on the moon. Finding a groove & loosing it. Chasing cars, chasing pavements & chasing papers. When I was sad, you craddled. That time you were sad & I waited. Like that time we made magic. Like that time we made him. Like that time [...]
I turned 24 on the 20th. And I cried the entire day. I spent the day scrubbing my kitchen & bathroom floors trying to rid them of the familiar markers of a 3 year old. My eyes blurred with a mixture of tears & sweat as I tirelessly maneuvered the sponge across every tile. When [...]
I’m in the back of my closest cleaning it out when my fingers grab hold of my favorite old pair of shoes. They are old now, uglier then I remembered, dusty & worn with the strapes slipping off the back of my heel as I try them on. “Maybe I can have them repaired” I [...]
I make a lot of faux-pas. I’m probably making one now & I’m doing nothing but sitting in my bedroom, in my purple PJ’s listening to Phoenix watch Bee Movie & writing. But faux-pas away I’m sure I am. Without further ado Faux-Pas Story 9,000,000,001 I was about 11 & my family spent a lot [...]
His calloused hands grip the shovel that moves the dirt. His movements are precise & calculated as he shifts the earths soil from one side to the other. The crows circle above his head & silently chant. “Lift & dump, lift & dump” He lifts & dumps to the rhythm of their chanting. He can feel the [...]
I don’t like hugs. I don’t need them to survive. I don’t need you to hug me to feel loved or liked. It’s just not my thing. I can come off a little cold at times because it’s just not what I do. Never take it personally, it’s just something that I don’t crave. But [...]
