It’s National White Cane Day: Celebrating My Brave Girl
Almost 17 years ago, a perfectly bald, 7lbs, 5oz little girl was born. One month after a major hurricane swept…
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Almost 17 years ago, a perfectly bald, 7lbs, 5oz little girl was born. One month after a major hurricane swept…
Continue ReadingPeople say it to me often. They say it when she’s loud, when she questions, when she pushes back instead…
Continue ReadingDear Daughter, As you turn 13, I can hardly believe how quickly the time has flown by. It feels like…
Continue ReadingI should remember the doctor’s name, but I don’t. It was such an ordeal. 18 hours of labor sort of…
Continue ReadingDear daughter, We talk a lot about pretty things around here. God blessed us with a princess, and yoy dearly…
Continue ReadingMy dear baby girl, As I sit writing this at 11 p.m. on Thursday, you are fast asleep in your…
Continue Reading“Yay, Mommy is done with homework! Can you play with me now?” My heart sank, and I felt a sharp…
Continue ReadingShe’s 13 and it feels like she’s always been with me. She's gone through five moves, the loss of her…
Continue ReadingPeople tell me, "She'll come back to you." I hold onto those words like a lifeline, repeating them in my…
Continue ReadingA memory popped up on my phone the other day. There she was in the photo. Five, maybe six. It…
Continue ReadingThe first piece of writing I ever had published was a lengthy poem about my 2-year-old daughter. I was inspired…
Continue Reading“But if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask of God—who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly— and it…
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