Tag Archive: mother

The Gloves Are Coming Off And It’s Going To Be Fine

I wrote this several months ago on my phone and I found it today as I was cleaning up some old notes. I remember that day vividly. As I sat, crumpled on the… Continue reading

Little Cars Make Me Crazy In Love

Walking into our hall bathroom tonight as I did my last round of mom pick-up throughout the house before calling it a night. Trying to remove the sticky fingerprints on the fridge, recalling… Continue reading

The Day You Gave Me

Thank you for bringing me here. Into this life of mine, my little universe that means everything to me. When I was little, my sister used to joke that I was adopted. I… Continue reading

What A Mother Sees

Sometimes life is not what we pictured it to be. Sometimes it’s better, when we step back and take in the whole, pieced together thing. There are days I feel like I am… Continue reading

Why I never told you before, You were not my FIRST

Why I never told you before. That you were not the first. Because I didn’t want you to feel any different about your place. We belong together. And you really are my first dream come… Continue reading

I didn’t want a girl.

Is her head really that big? That was my first thought when I saw her. After three sons, there came waltzing in, ok, maybe it was more like charging in; our sweet beautiful girl,… Continue reading