Therapy is like an unwelcome friend that barges into your house at the most inconvenient times... and camps out on your couch. You love your friend, but really? Right now? Just when you wanted to settle in with book 5 of Harry Potter and get lost for a while. I've had lots of counseling... loads. …
because i get to
Summer is a wasteland. A floating myriad of lost hours and extra daylight. We make a point of doing nothing on purpose around my house in the summer, just to balance out all the "have to's" of the school season. It is the way I do it, which doesn't say much for the way it …
let it grow stronger
i find myself walking through walmart, through the church yard, through the hallway in my house, or in my car, singing this song. it just comes up out of me so I thought I'd share... because the world needs more songs we can't help but sing. i remember playing it for elijah for the first …
facebook face
we jump on. we jump off. we scroll. we laugh at kittens and fume at political views opposite our own. we are stalkers of people we don't know, getting a feeling of connection that doesn't exist. elijah told me there was a segment on Anderson Cooper that explained how apps were designed to be the most …
Coming Out
it's not that easy, coming out of hiding. let's be real. just ask the Lady of Shallot. the reason we retreat into a safe little hiding place inside is because the world doesn't feel like a safe place to be. we aren't stupid. we know that when we are vulnerable it will be used against …
just a minute more
i opened my eyes this morning and thought - NO! If anyone in this world knew just how tired i am then they would surely tell me i don’t have to get up out of this bed... ever. but then i think about my kids needing lunches made and that we have 15 minutes before …
Construction Zone and Halloween Fallout
I think i had been asleep for two hours when the nail gun woke me up at midnight. Our stairs have changed residence and we will soon have new bedrooms and eventually a kitchen (WITH a stove, thank you) - and if the gods smile upon me - our bathroom will grow up and gain …
and i would walk 5,000 miles….
So trick or treating it was. this amount of candy is just uncalled for. we walked, and walked, and walked... the bottom of chloe (the sugar plum fairy)'s bag busted out it was so full. that and she was dragging it on the ground there at the end. arden (Luigi) only ran screaming from one …
sleepy sunday afternoon thoughts.
every Sunday i notice how hard it is to breathe. my voice is starting to falter b/c i can't get enough air to support it. and i have THREE more months.. and a couple weeks. i gotta admit, i'm a little worried about this fact. we're trying to figure out what this little guy's name …
thoughts in the soft morning light.
Today i'm headed to charlotte for my long day at citychurch and my second counseling session at gracelife... well second after a couple of long stretches in the past few years. i'm not scared like i was before i started. i feel - open? is that the best way to describe it? i've been having …