Virulent as the flu

Okay, so now it’s stomach flu. Lila had it Wednesday night, about ten minutes after going to bed she complained her tummy hurt, got up to use the bathroom and projectile vomited macaroni and cheese all over the bathroom. And then heaved her way through the whole night, every hour on the hour. When I [...]

Mom, he keeps hitting me

There have been so many moments in recent weeks that I wanted to savor. To have last long enough that I could weave some spell and turn them into trinkets to tuck away in a pocket and bring home where I could then take them out and hold them gently in my warm hands and [...]

Excuses, excuses

Sorry for the silence…we were away and I didn’t want to advertise the empty house. Hope your holiday (if you celebrate) was warm and cozy and spent with loved ones. Mine was. Evidential post in the works. Bookmark It

Finding my voice

So I’ve been experiencing this peeling away of layers. I’ve been looking head-on at some pretty old stuff that’s been hanging out in my heart and making me feel like I’m made of splintered bone and dog crap. Stuff I’ve looked at for a lot of years and mistakenly believed was part of me. I’m [...]

A sense of place

Two things I paid great attention to yesterday: I finished reading Charles Frazier’s Thirteen Moons while alternately dozing into NyQuil hangover naps, sipping hot lemonade with maple syrup, mediating altercations between the teenager and the preschooler and staring out the window at the maples on fire. Goodness, they take my breath away. I enjoyed snippets [...]

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