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Myself and I

Thank You Mom

February 27, 2010

We sit and watch as Olympians from all countries sweat, compete and give their all. As I contemplate these amazing athletes I always think of the mamas. Those ladies waiting in the wings, biting their lip and holding their breath while their precious child gives their all.
I think of Joannie Rochette, the Canadian figure skater [...]

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Test Drive My Story

February 23, 2010

It was just before Thanksgiving last year, a day like any other day. I was probably craving lemonade and grilled cheese with mustard, one of my main pregnancy cravings. I was probably getting sick all day throughout the day, as it was another one of my pregnant “staples” with Mabel in my belly.
I opened an [...]

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Wound Care

February 12, 2010

{…continued from yesterday’s post}
Strong emotions of any kind seem to spurn from the same place. Passion. That passion I felt with “my people”, also brought up my passion for missing Mabel. I tried to ride those waves as best I could, but at times the waves seemed unbearable. I worked to be real with myself [...]

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A Humming Heart

February 11, 2010

I sat at the gate waiting for my flight, willing the clock to go faster so I could board and slink into the window seat and be invisible. I was sensitive about every step of that day, the day traveling to Blissdom. It was a conference I had been planning on attending for months, I [...]

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Like a Dim Mirror

January 5, 2010

Yesterday I took this picture out my living room window. At first I thought the sun was pretty, but the more I looked I identified with it.
The finger prints, the smudges, like looking in a dim mirror of myself. Bright spots, but things askew, strewn about. Foggy, messy, broken fence being propped up, barely standing. [...]

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The Tunnel

December 24, 2009

Imaging what would come out next, I sit by my fireplace that is not lit and imagine it a roaring fire to burn away all the sick. I see the flames in my head, all the colors. Hear the crackling. It’s so real. I long for this vision to be a reality just so I [...]

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We Rejoice

November 19, 2009

Yesterday a guest post I wrote for Sarah Mae went up on her blog, Like A Warm Cup Of Coffee. Please go check it out, it’s about God and autism and it was an honor to write something for her while she is busy moving her family to a new home.
It’s funny, because I wrote [...]

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All Things Water

November 16, 2009

We spent last week receiving hurricane Ida’s leftovers…our first tropical storm-ish experience. The rain in the South? You guys, it’s incredible. Sheets and sheets came down, loudly and perfectly making us known of their presence, their power. We’d never seen rain like this.
It meant we got creative at home with finding [...]

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Irritating.

October 27, 2009

I find myself noticing every buzz, whir, sigh of everything in the room.
He won’t listen. He keeps doing that one thing I’ve asked him not to. He won’t leave me alone.
It’s all so irritating, like sand in your swimsuit. Or that tiny rock in your boot, it’s always there, small and menacing.
Grind grind grind go [...]