I Should Have Stayed with You Longer Tonight
Sweet child, I’m sorry I didn’t stay cuddled up with you longer tonight. I quickly tucked you into bed because…
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Sweet child, I’m sorry I didn’t stay cuddled up with you longer tonight. I quickly tucked you into bed because…
Continue ReadingSweet child, I know you want to grow up. You want to get older and do more and more. I…
Continue ReadingI knew when I had kids that I would be dealing with the building and deconstruction of their friendships for…
Continue ReadingThe beeping of the machine yelling to the nurses about the occluded IV snaps my mind back to the present.…
Continue ReadingLadybugs will always make me think of 4-year-old you. The way you squeal with delight, a smile spreading over your…
Continue ReadingWhen I was younger, I am sure my mother yelled or lost it from time to time though I can’t…
Continue ReadingDon't picture them in their underwear. Picture them placing a child's scribbles on their refrigerator, thinking about someone doing the…
Continue ReadingThe baseball diamond is my kids’ happy place. Each year, when spring turns to summer and the warm weather comes…
Continue ReadingRecently, my husband received military orders that moved us and our kids across the country. Of course, this came with…
Continue ReadingOf all the places I will roam, home is forever part of me. I can see the bright, orange poppies…
Continue ReadingShe comes to me with teary eyes, a shaky voice, and stomping feet, “This is dumb! Everything is terrible! I’m…
Continue ReadingIf you were to add up the hours I spent playing Barbies, first as a little girl and then as…
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