Sunflower Cottage About a month after Annie passed, our neighbors let us know they were going to sell their home. We were not in a position to even think about buying a house. But this one shares two sides of our backyard. So we said yes, without really knowing what...
The Last First Day I won’t forget that September morning in 2021. A text came in from my youngest son. I opened it to see him standing in front of his college apartment, holding a sign: Last First Day of School. My last child.His last first day. And there it was—that...
Sabbath has become an invitation and a practice I return to again and again. Not because I’ve mastered rest—But because grief has shown me just how much I need it. Grief doesn’t arrive gently.It comes like the weather. Like waves.Sometimes without warning, sometimes...
Mother’s Day can create a tidal wave of emotions in the heart of a woman. Immense Joy fills the heart of a woman celebrating her first Mother’s Day. Envy and Hopelessness can coexist in the hearts of women who long to be mothers as they read tributes and view photos...
The story of how I was born to be a mother is one my mom shares at every opportunity. It’s well-known that by age five, I could change a cloth diaper—pins and all—warm a bottle, and feed my baby brother. There are photos of me holding him as proof, and I believe her...
Mother's Day is a day to celebrate the mothers that we have, mothers that we've had, mentors who have mothered us, and also to celebrate that we are mothers. If you have been around me for a while, one of the sayings that I have had is: “??? ????? ?? ???? ???? ??????...
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