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  • I Wear the Words of Others (Self Love and Self Loathing)

    I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror. Someone younger than me has said that she is old. And I will get no younger. The lines drawn on my face by my smiles and grins and the silly faces… Continue reading

  • Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

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  • Oh Child, You are Testing Me

    Dear Kids, You test me. You try my patience. More words that people say that I’ve instinctively pushed away because the meaning behind those words is generally “you are manipulating me. You are trying to see what you can get… Continue reading

  • My Mother’s Thoughts about WIO

    My mom writes for a local publication back in my homestate. She just wrote this article for the week. THIS TOO SHALL PASS “Wait It Out” Back as a very young child, I clearly remember having frightening dreams which would… Continue reading

  • Spend My Day Wisely

    You’re the taker-out-of-place-er of the things I’ve put-er in. The funny little re-arranger of my almost everything. You’re the un-doer of all the things I’ve neatly done, fascinated with the order of each and every one. A teacher of patience… Continue reading

  • Oh. So THAT is Why Moms Nurse Past a Year?

    Dear Daughter, You will be turning sixteen months old soon. You were just finishing up on a very typical nursing session for a sixteen month old, your eyes had fluttered closed and I had pulled out my cellphone to catch… Continue reading

  • The Great Love Stories and the Long Lived Relationships

    Dear Kids, There’s something that you need to understand about the great love stories that you read about and that you hear about and that you see in the movies. They’re wishful and wistful bits of imagination crafted by people… Continue reading

  • Creating a Clingy Child through Parenting

    Mammals naturally attach to their caregivers and naturally detach from their caregivers as they mature. A young child when scared by something will run towards a caregiver even if running towards the caregiver brings them towards the frightening thing. As… Continue reading

  • Stay Afloat Mama, Learn to Swim, Teach Others.

    Dear Daughter, When I was a first time mom I struggled. Badly. That was with your oldest brother. Then another brother came between. With you, I found out that I was having a daughter and I wanted to write about… Continue reading

  • A Garden of Analogies

    I’m not growing vegetables in my garden, I’m growing analogies. I’m growing the understanding that it’s okay to be imperfect, you can be beautiful anyway because you’re alive and thriving. I’m growing the understanding that all living things need care… Continue reading