Yearly Archives: 2013

The people in the blue coiffed jackets get nervous when you get too close.They prey on the ones who wish they were right inside the pictures.Right inside the Monets and…

Early in the morning hours yesterday we sat at the dining table and feasted on Words. We try to make this happen every cockcrow...before the phonics books flip open and…

Our lyric girl has turned herself right into a psalmist.Right into a praying, spinning, piroetting poet.Her and her long blonde tendrils - they sway as she speaks to Him. And…

There's a red kettle on my gas stove....that's about to do it's whistling.There's a husband in the bathroom sheering off whiskers from his very fine face.Three blondes have gone to…

I hear one of them humming just on the other side of the wall.It's either the oldest or the youngest....because the middle one doesn't bother with hums. There is always…

As I turn the page back.....and read what leaked forth yesterday....I feel exposed.The true state of my heart was outed.My painfully immature longing for audience and affirmation - was laid…

I had a post all scribbled down and close to complete....explaining why I was calling it quits for a season.Explaining that this novice of a writer likes to write....to be…

I woke up this morning....and felt like He was calling me to come and wrestle things out here.With kids still quiet under blankets - I show up to share even…

At this moment...The blue eyed boy baby is playing with a smooth blue bouncy ball.And the girl is pushing around a pink squeaking stroller, playing the part of parent.And the…

There's something about the water's edge....that makes words flow easy.There's something about that place...where sea meets sand, where the breeze blows fresh....that kindles all kinds of creativity.Maybe it's the way…