Summer is almost over. How did this happen? I blinked, and the weeks of hubby at home and getting to sleep in are rapidly approaching their end. I had many goals for this summer. We were going to do activities weekly. My kids were going to have less screen time. We were going to bond … Read more
Never realized that there was actually a Cow Appreciation Day, but it’s real. I jokingly suggested it as a theme to my friends who like to write poetry together, and wouldn’t you know that some actually wanted to go with it. So, for fun, we decided to have two poetry link-ups and write about the … Read more
Every now and again, I try to stretch my poetic muscles. Back when I was a teenager absolutely filled with angst and romance and puppy love and sadness, the poems would flow onto the page with this beautiful imagery and figurative language. In these days of adulting, I don’t find it so easy. Ask me … Read more
My kids adore their father. Endlessly. It’s sort of a joke that the boys will quite literally deflate when they find out I’m the one to take them to bed. Daddy is just more fun and more laid back than me. While my feelings are moderately hurt when they show sheer disappointment in having to … Read more
All day I think of you. Warm and inviting. Soft in all the right places. Strong where I need you. Most beautiful specimen I’ve ever seen. Every day, you tempt me… Invite me back to your warmth. You don’t judge me. You never talk back. You fulfill my every dream. Alas, getting back to you … Read more
I enjoy writing poetry. Sometimes, I am serious. Sometimes, I’m silly. This month’s theme with my poetry writing buddies is Friends and Family. Let’s see what I can create. These months of confusion leading to understandings and revelations of things that I thought I knew and people I thought I understood. In pain and in … Read more
‘Tis the season of giving Giving love and joy Giving peace and blessings ‘Tis the season of remembering Remembering love Remembering those who are lost ‘Tis the season of joy Joy in the wonder of children Joy from the lights, sounds, smells ‘Tis the season of forgetting Forgetting pain Forgetting loss Yes, ’tis the season … Read more
2016 almost over thank goodness from hand foot mouth to stomach virus MRIs and kidney stones stress, adulting, and more 2016 almost over thank goodness for growing wiser opening old wounds healing them with love and hugs rekindling relationships on the verge of being lost 2016 almost over an election year we wish we could … Read more
It was spring when we met. Phone calls, online chats, a blind date at Chili’s. Two days before the first day of summer? “Want to get married?” “You know it!” And it began. A whirlwind of planning, moving, jobs, and babies. And here we are 8 years later. Please, God, just take them outside. I … Read more
Getting the juices flowing to write a blog post — to write anything — can be exceptionally difficult. When you have a chance to collaborate with someone or even just be in the same room with other writers, the excitement can get that blogging juice moving. Having spent many years working with students and leading … Read more