Add A Little Sunrise
I rolled over and looked at the clock. 5:28. Who gets up at this time of day? Three days in a row I had woken […]
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Everything Will Be Okay
Our dog died last Wednesday. He had stopped eating and drinking and we knew the inevitable was coming. No matter how hard we prepared, we […]
Reclaiming What Was Lost
I honestly expected to scare up a snake as I waded into the thigh high jungle of weeds behind our shed. The area backs up […]
Quality Versus Quantity
Remember all that time we wished we had at home a few months ago? How about all those projects just waiting for us to get […]
My New Quarantined Routine
My routine is gone. I don’t get up in the mornings and take my kids to school, but they still have schoolwork to do at […]
Feed Your Soul the Good Stuff
Here we are in the Spring of 2020 amid this Coronavirus quarantine. So many are isolated in homes, cut off from daily relationships of family, […]
The Fear Stops Here
“I can’t do it. I’m too scared,” I told my husband as I got out of the skid steer. “You don’t trust me?” he […]
Mama, Do You Need Some Attention?
“Mama, do you need some attention?” my youngest asked me. I wiped the tears from my cheeks and pulled him into my lap. “I […]
The Power of Staying
Life has been extra tough lately and my emotions have been all over the place. Tears are a sentence away in every conversation and sadness […]
Working Through the Rain
I had no idea we were expecting rain. I saw the clouds and knew we were in for a long afternoon. Friends were coming over […]