We All Want Our Kids to Be Healthy.
We made a little spot on the floor—a make-shift bed of towels, in case she throws up more. I’ve worried about her since she started getting sick around five this morning. In between carrying...
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Hot Coffee, Time Alone and Gratitude: What Mom Really Wants to Receive.
The quiet of the house feels surreal. The lush snow thickly blankets the yard outside my window, except for a few scattered deer prints trickling down the hill, and off towards the road. My...
4 Tiny Habits That Lead to Big Happiness.
My two children getting sick was actually good for me. I mean, no one wants their kids to not feel well. Still, I had been in a mental and emotional rut in the weeks...
A Reminder of the Magic That Is Motherhood.
The gift of gratitude: The card arrives with a tiny package, and normally I would have opened that first. Instead, I gravitate to the small, dark blue box. Inside is fragile red tissue paper and...
Finding Gratitude in a Thankless Job.
I’ll admit that sometimes I feel frustrated at trying so hard at a job that seemingly has very little thanks returned. Yesterday my baby turned one and there are no pictures of me from...
How to Find Gratitude on an Ordinary Day.
The light streams towards me through the front porch windows. The light is golden, and it highlights the yellow of the front porch’s ceiling, and the way that the white rocking chair’s back creates lined shadows,...
A Morning Prayer of Gratitude.
I was reading to my daughter in bed last night. Looking out the window, the green of the trees contrasted the grey sky, seeming ethereal. The yellow walls were both cheerful and soothing. I...
The Tattoo of Spring.
Her fingers are coarse from the dry winter air. She rubs them together absentmindedly; running the careful grooves of one finger whirl against another. She spreads her arms out wide to her side—her thin,...
