Motherhood · parenthood · Relationships

Sunshine

Belated as always. 🙂 Dear A, This year has had your mama stretched across the spectrum of human emotions watching you navigate life. You were the one who taught me a heart expands infinitely. You have bloomed this year. You always managed to wind around and up in life, but during this season of being… Continue reading Sunshine

Motherhood · Relationships

Mirror

Every year, although sometimes belated, I sit down and write a love letter to my daughters for their birthday. This year I have started and stopped on these teens' letters so many times. Teens are hard to capture. They change-- their looks, their problems, their habits, their friends, their interests, their challenges, their moods-- in… Continue reading Mirror

blended · Relationships

Let your worry floe

This weekend, the one I've loved the longest, in the middle of the normal business of an average blended weekend here, looked up from her canvas at the kitchen table and asked, "Who do you worry about the most anyway, Mom?" I worry for the world most days, but always a little harder and longer… Continue reading Let your worry floe