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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 [...]

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On Gathering (In)

September 13, 2010

One by one they walked in. We gently squealed. We all hugged.
As each woman arrived, the love grew and my anticipation increased.
So did my nervousness.
Some of these women I knew, but some I didn’t. More importantly, *they* all knew each other. I was the newbie.
I pushed away the thoughts of being an outsider and enjoyed [...]

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Living Out Community

September 8, 2010

intended to take a pic of the sweet granny in the chair in the water, not the scantily clad men. ahem.

From the moment I met Stephanie, one of the founders of (In)Courage, we’ve joked about getting together at a *real* beach house. We would go on and on about how fun it would be, what [...]

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Hope For Special Needs Teeth

April 9, 2010

Me with Sheila Tan

“You have a lot to do, and nothing to prove.”
That was one of many jewels I took away from an incredible event a few weeks ago in NYC. Think about that quote for a second…because, girl. YOU DO. And you don’t.
The quote is from Sheila Tan, the [...]

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Beauty Is As Beauty Does

March 23, 2010

These women inspire me to draw a line in the sand, step over it into beauty, and never look back at the ugly.
Casey pulls on our perceptions, shows us how our culture is so very very VERY far from reality of what beauty is. Don’t miss her lovely display of photos of [...]

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Meet My New Friend {and a giveaway!}

March 2, 2010

I read her story, a special needs mom, and it so resonated. I knew the struggles of her heart, because they are my struggles too. Even though our kids have different issues, the mom result is mostly the same. Not giving up, persevering, constant priority checks.
I emailed her, to just say “I know.“ To say [...]