From the monthly archives:

September 2011

On Being Someone’s Person

September 23, 2011

There was this one time
they were playing
and they didn’t fight.
The end.
But seriously – I’ve never seen closer best buddies.
Third little brother is a part of this trio,
this band.
They aren’t always natural at play…
sometimes they struggle.
And play just looks like wrastlin’
until it looks like fightin’
and usually there’s bleedin’
And I wonder WHEN I will go a minute [...]

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What I Wore (40wks)

September 23, 2011

For the first time I’m passing my baby’s due date with total peace.
I’m pretty sure I’ve always cried and tantrumed my way across due dates in the past.

I think everyone but me is feeling that way, actually.

I had this big breakdown on Sunday, epic epic crying.
I had been holding back,
thinking that being “done” would somehow [...]

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On Cultivating Heart Strings

September 17, 2011

THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL about real life.
It’s not just the laughter you can see instead of just hear (or read).It’s not the twinkle in a friend’s eye.
It’s more than the touch or the hug or the wiping away of tears.
It’s that we were created for it.To mingle our spirits togetherand with Him.
To be fully full [...]

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What I Wore (39wks)

September 16, 2011

It’s been a long week, friends.
And perhaps I have another week left?

The effort it took to get these pics taken
may show in my eyes if you look closely.

But I can’t help but feel like the most blessed
who gets to feel kicks and wiggles
{oh so down low wiggles}
all by myself.

Soon I will have to share.
Baby will [...]

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On Going Home

September 14, 2011

Sara skyping in with the (in)Courage writers last week at Hilton Head Island, SC

My mind and heart has been consumed with something else today. SomeONE else.
I tried to get dressed and take pictures of this beautiful belly I still have.
Of the life about to emerge.
But perhaps tomorrow for that, for today is for Sara.
One of my fellow (in)courage writers, a friend and dear one,
is about to go to [...]

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Just Write. The First.

September 13, 2011

I kept thinking it was getting late and
bed wasn’t calling but
when you can go into labor
any second
you have to be rested.
It’s what smart people do.
Suddenly the whole planet seemed
off kilter
and I couldn’t stand up straight
or think straight.
Things were cramping and tightening
but I couldn’t tell you where or what
and my mind became as restless as a [...]

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What I Wore (38wks)

September 7, 2011

Today is full of wishings of fall
and pretending the heat isn’t still lingering here in Charleston.

I am staying so close to the nest you’d think me a shut-in,
but the truth is I just know.

My body
- something inside my soul -
knows to stay close.

Home birth and
staying home and
cleaning home and
who’s home with me.
It’s all that is [...]

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Because He Is Nine

September 5, 2011

He is simply an enigma.
From the moment he was born, to his diagnosis at age 2
From his journeys through therapy
to his miraculous progress
and place of hope.
He is such mystery
a puzzle-gift I attempt to unwrap
more and more each day.
Each layer more precious
each layer revealing more mystery.
He continues to be my ocean.
My vast, deep, sometimes dark
always powerful
but sometimes quiet
beauty [...]