The Stuff Motherhood Is Made Of
Today, finally, we put into action a plan of several weeks... I am sitting in a coffee shop with a toasted marshmallow latte beside me (decaf, of course), and my…
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May 6, 2023
Introducing
Meet Edmund Daniel and Ellie Brooke! They were born on February 6 at 7:37 and 7:45 pm. Despite all my fears, I was able to have a natural, complication-free delivery.…
February 17, 2023
Questions and Fears, Faith and Might…
IT WAS A PRIVILEGE It was a privilege, little man, to celebrate your fourth birthday with you--just like it was a privilege to do Christmas with you and see the…
February 1, 2023
“I Shall Be Satisfied When I Awake”
Note: random picture from pixaby, not my babies... 😊 It's funny how dreams sometimes combine who we are with who we once were--and who we hope to be and who…
November 15, 2022
More Stars in the Dark?
I'm really not sure what I am going to write about today. I am sitting in a coffee shop in my little city of Wilkes-Barre, my favorite coffee shop here…
October 5, 2022
A Time of Change
"It was a time of change…" Change always throws me for a loop, as though my security lies in things continuing the way they have for the last half year…
August 16, 2022
What to be or what not to be, that is the question…
Perhaps I sadly butchered that over-used, oft-butchered quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet--if so, allow me to join the crowd. The question, you see, is not whether to be or not to…
June 14, 2022
The Thread of His Love
My husband has gone turkey hunting… He thought I would sleep longer, that I would not be awake much before he got back. He hung blankets over the windows to…
April 30, 2022
The Plants of Poplar Street
I have never been a plant person. That is to say, I felt kindly towards plants, romanticized plants, and even occasionally was known to buy plants, but every plant ever…
April 1, 2022
Grace In My Pink-Tiled Bathroom
“There is no difference, there is not one righteous…” I read from Romans last Saturday night, as I sat in the quiet living room at quarter of 11, waiting for…
March 4, 2022