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On Raising Self-Aware Children

February 6, 2012

I can hardly believe he will be 10, my oldest. I’ve given birth to 5 babies in that decade, and somehow I still feel like a total newbie each morning. It’s been long enough between babies that my new wee-est one keeps me on my toes and each and every day my oldest is the [...]

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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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Because He Is Seven

August 29, 2011

He is simply a wonderment.
A testament to children being born with a certain something.
A gift.
He speaks from a place somewhere else
in a way that intrigues everyone
and makes people laugh out of pure glee
of his unusual perspective.
He’s the one who will ask you
“in heaven, will our dreams become real?”
and if you spill something he will help [...]

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On Seeing The In Between {with a giveaway}

May 3, 2011

Sometimes the beauty and the breath is in the in between.
Not in the meal made or the laundry done,
but the sighs and smiles and hugs between each act.
In noticing more freckles on his arm than were there last week.
In watching my toes disappear, even if only I notice.

In listening to my necklace twinkle at me [...]

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On Breathing

April 30, 2011

I struggled and limped and crawled my way through this last week to make it to week 19. It wasn’t how I thought it would be.
I imagined reaching week 19, now farther than we got with Mabel, and celebrating. Throwing a little party at home, dancing. Joy overflowing.
But the reality is that a new layer [...]

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What Blissdom Felt Like

February 10, 2011

{The gang, from left: Amber, Sara Sophia, Moi, Abby, Ashleigh}
I seatbelt into car, hear engine roar and am on my way. Six quick hours and I pick up my bestie, hug her babies, and roar off to Nashville. We catch up as any far away heart friends do, and arrive at Opryland ready to [...]

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on story and the beauty

January 17, 2011

There’s something about story that makes us feel so safe, so not alone. Unique we become, while feeling the ties that bind. I read story to grow, I write story to heal.
Next week I’ll be attending the Blissdom blogging conference in Nashville. I’ll be speaking with Heather King and Cecily Kellogg in the writing [...]