Dear Husband, Take a close look at this picture. See how I’m looking at you? Eyes wide open. Smile bursting across my face. Shoulders relaxed. Head slightly inclined toward you. That was the moment you entered my heart. How amazing it is to see the moment captured this way. It speaks of permanence. I see…
Family Reality
I’m giving up the dream, today, right this second, before I lose my mind. I have a habit of imagining how I want things to be and then actually expecting them to be that way. The problem is that what I imagine is almost never what is. There’s often a wide gap between what…
Coping with loss
I’m going to do something that’s very difficult and uncomfortable for me. I’m going to try to write about the kind of change that I really don’t want to write about or even think about. I tried to do it before, but it felt like I was peeking around the corner with just one eye…
Change is in the air
Change is in the air, and I’m not just saying this because we’re finally thawing out and spring has returned. Although warming up to 70 and 80 degree temperatures is the kind of change I’ve been looking forward to for weeks. I’m talking about change that’s closer to home, intimate, and unique to you. I’m…
My Snow Story
Now that the sun has returned and reminded me that winter won’t last forever, I feel so much better. The last two weeks have been tough for those of us who live in southern states like Georgia. If you’re like me, until recently, you could count the number of times you’ve felt temperatures in the…
Holiday Blues
We’re already three weeks into the new year, and I haven’t even begun to get on with the few things I need to focus on this year. It’s not that I’ve been sitting around doing nothing, but I haven’t exactly been making a serious effort to tackle my to-do list for 2014. Instead, I…
Alone on Christmas?
Yesterday, I was feeling a real lack of Christmas spirit in my city, but I had a change of heart by the time I reached my parent’s home, which is about an hour north of where I live. I made a stop at a grocery store in town. My parents live way out in the…
Silver Bells
I’ve been on holiday since Friday. So I really should be all smiles, especially since I’ve been watching holiday movies and listening to holiday music almost every waking moment. I can’t get those holiday tunes out of my head. Seriously, my singing and humming have become the soundtrack for family life around here. Mundane activities…
It’s unofficial, but it counts
Let’s flip the calendar back to Sunday, November 24th, which was the last day I posted about my Nanowrimo 2013 status. At the time of my post at sunrise on the 24th, my word count was 40009. I was confident that I could reach the 50K goal by the November 30th deadline, even as I…
Birthday letter to self
Dear Me, 1:25 am. It’s almost your birthday. According to your mother, she was asleep because her doctor gave her a shot to ease the induced labor pains she was having. Yes, her labor was artificially induced. Yes, you were essentially forced to come here before you were ready. Stop asking your mother to explain…
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