When I was a child my grandmother would take me to the zoo. She packed a thermos of lemonade, soft warm peanut butter sandwiches, and wet washcloths… Read more “The Snake House”
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On Becoming a Mother
It is said that to have a child is to forever allow your heart to be walking around without you in the world. How could I know… Read more “On Becoming a Mother”
Weaving In Ends
I was thinking last night that perhaps yarn has saved my life. This sounds dramatic, but feels true. I taught myself how to crochet in 1998 using… Read more “Weaving In Ends”
Chapter Two- The NICU
You never forget the moment you meet one of the loves of your life. When the phone rang, the man from child placement on the other end… Read more “Chapter Two- The NICU”
Chapter One- Mountains
Fire safety plans, lists of rules and consequences, tax returns, bank statements, transcripts, medical records. There is a mountain of paperwork that comes with a license to… Read more “Chapter One- Mountains”
Three Eggs
*This is the first in an installment of a series I intend to write about my five years of experience as a foster mom. In August of… Read more “Three Eggs”
I was not a perfect foster parent.
When my former husband and I got licensed as foster parents in 2010, our license came with big plans. Inspired by women I met in a foster… Read more “I was not a perfect foster parent.”
Circling
One of my wisest teachers taught about how life energy is a torus, a donut shape where everything is at once expanding and contracting, rotating out and… Read more “Circling”
R.S.V.P.
I fell down the rabbit hole last week. At first, the slide was slow. Just a little devil whispering into my ear tiny, moth-like lies about how… Read more “R.S.V.P.”
Drumbeats
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though… Read more “Drumbeats”
