Yearly Archives: 2014

I'm at the dining table typing today.The youngest has woken up well before his allotted start time - due to a snotty head.Watery eyes, drippy nose, lethargic.... all he wants…

Everyone else in my house has yet to stir.Heads are still resting on pillows and the sun won't make it's way through our windows for a while still.I'm up, however.…

Every once in a while the itch to write, trumps all else.I have moments where I feel such a strong beckoning to sit and scribble words, that I can't find…

There's gold to be seen this holiday week, friends.Just a few days ago, around 1pm when the sun was high and tarrying....the blondes and I were out back.There were pine…

Mama is worn.It's been 16 hours since I hit the ground running this morning....groggy from going to bed too late the night before.All three kids are tucked away in bed…

The clouds are close today.They are hovering low and thick....and they are making everything outside look a tinge grey.It's cold.Down here in the deep depths of Texas... forties is frigid.The…

It's been happening for years now.This steady, consistent, perpetual - almost harping from the Lord, about a certain region of the world. It started way back in the early summer…

I've been back in the swing of all things Mama for a day and half now.I was thrust right back into ordinary life with whines and giggles and discipline and…

I don't wing away from the nest very often.It's pretty much never, actually.So the fact that I am flying halfway across this big fine nation tomorrow...away from my blondes and…

It's Monday eve....and I've found myself in a dark, golden-lit French bistro.Sans children.Just me, my books, my laptop, my dreaming.These reprieves are rare.And as you now know, I'm content with…