It seemed like a good idea at the time. I was whisked away to the campground, just as I was beginning to see things shape up here in the studio. Too hot to camp. Too hot means that I’m staying in a very small space just so that I can breathe. I’m in the camper …
Last week we had a day when it wasn’t too hot nor too wet. Chloe and I had a plan to go to an event at the library. Now the library here has several branches as do many larger towns and we mistakenly went to the wrong one. We asked and were directed to another …
Chloes first summer camp. We had a difficult time making this decision together, but we all decided to be brave and leave her at the camp for 5 days. I took this picture as we were driving away, down the hill. This is the cabin that she would call home for the week. Then we …
Today is Tuesday the 29th of May, 2018. Seven years after my world rocked, shattered in minuscule shards. I remember, there was silence. Silence so silent I couldn’t feel it. Stillness, nothingness, broken only by a small, timid voice. “I’m hungry” Body moves, silence stays. Silence so crippling I sometimes can’t walk. I can’t remember. …
It was difficult coming up with a post last week. It shouldn’t be so hard to write an amazing Mother’s Day post, like the ones I read from others. Beautiful, nostalgic posts letting you know how great it is to be a mother, have a mother, know a mother. I have every reason to write …
Going from one year to another is the most difficult thing for me. Each year is just as painful as the last. As a mother I never wanted to go into a new year without my children and to have one child gone now makes it painful. Almost as though I don’t have a right …
The other day on my way home from physical therapy, aching and tired, I began to list in my head things I’m thankful for. When I got home I sat down to begin writing them down. The first item on the list, is and always has been, at least since I got them, my children. …
