For years I dismissed their cliches of birds leaving nests and wings found as thoughts to ponder in later days. But your first loose tooth came and I could see your face was about to change. And maybe it was the symbol of permanence that comes with baby teeth lost forever, but suddenly I was… Continue reading Lost teeth and first days
Plans broken, changed, rearranged, the year quickly became unrecognisable from the elaborate montage of expectations we’d so thoughtfully designed. That was new, hopeful, predictable, achievable, a masterpiece we’d display on our wall and speak of for years to come. This is different. Unwanted, unwelcome, unimaginable. There was no chance to dip our toes in, to… Continue reading Broken Plans
Our eyes lock. We both know what’s coming. I take a deep breath in and brace for impact. You take a deep breath in and all hell breaks loose. You’ve got fire in your belly that billows up to your eyes and out of your ears, I swear sometimes I can see the steam. You… Continue reading T is for Tantrum
I glanced across the café as I waited in line, holding my little man in one arm and the trusty old nappy bag in the other as the two girls danced and darted around my legs. My gaze stopped in its tracks as I saw a mom nearby. Her two similarly aged children were sitting… Continue reading Shiny Things
“I stopped crying and started to be brave, mom” she told me. I halted abruptly mid- bite and stared at her. Her soft voice sincere. Her words as piercing as her eyes are blue. Our conversations over dinner had meandered, as they often do, from groundbreaking current events like how many weeks until her birthday… Continue reading Revelations at 6:05pm
The cold water runs over my hands, taking an eternity to heat up. But I don’t’ mind, after all it’s Friday night and I have a front row seat to the most beautiful gig in town. My family. I watch them as if in a dream, whirling and twirling around me- the girls in their oversized princess… Continue reading At my Kitchen Sink
When it’s been raining for days with no end in sight and you start to wonder if the sun even exists…we need Your hope, a break in the clouds to remind us You’re still there. When loss comes knocking on our door, with heartbreak following closely behind, unwelcome visitors that inescapably threaten to alter our… Continue reading A Valley Prayer
The Dilemma There comes a point in a woman’s life when she can no longer rely on her mom to host Thanksgiving as the ordained “maker-of-turkey” every year. When is that point exactly? Well, it’s very much up to interpretation and a very indistinct point in time …one that I have conveniently ignored since…um…forever. And… Continue reading Thanksgiving Down Under: An Inside Story
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