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  • For The Ones Who Cry In Hiding

    For The Ones Who Cry In Hiding

    I know sometimes talking about it is uncomfortable. I know sometimes you wish I wouldn’t draw attention to it. And a lot of times, I accommodate your feelings in that. But tonight is a big reason I can’t and won’t always do that. Because tonight a man (who I’m sure meant well) told my husband… Read more

  • Of Umbrellas and Rain

    Of Umbrellas and Rain

    Thus began the best walk I’ve been on in a long time. The air was cool and crisp. The rain was falling heavily enough to create a lovely sound on the umbrella above my head, but not so heavily that it kept me from looking around. Everything looks more beautiful in the rain. Read more

  • What I Read In 2018

    What I Read In 2018

    Hello, Dear Readers!  Each year I make a list of every book I read (or at least close…sometimes I forget to write one down) and the number of pages! I do this for a  few reasons: 1) I want to be able to look back at the books I’ve read and be reminded of the Read more

  • When It Comes To Mother’s Day

    When It Comes To Mother’s Day

    Because I know, no matter how hard you try, no words can portray What it is to be a Mother of Grief when it comes to Mother’s Day Read more

  • Stories

    Stories

    When I was a child my dad read The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis to my brother and I each night before bed. I remember begging him to keep reading every night, my four or five-year-old imagination transfixed by the snow-covered world of Narnia. Suddenly, the opening of doors had become something Read more

  • The Universe Looking Back At Me

    The Universe Looking Back At Me

    Dedicated to All of You.  I’ve been thinking about the Universe and Time and You. When I think about the Universe, I think of Everything. I think of Always. I think of how we are all parts of the same whole. We are all pieces of the same soul. And some of these pieces are Read more