photo credit here”olivia extends her hands to me when she doesn’t feel well or when she wants to just be close to me. she trusts that i will respond to her — that i will take care of her every need. she has a complete understanding that i will...
the Pevensies enter Narnia in the film Prince Caspiani’ve always loved stories. ever since i was a little girl, dragging ragged copies of paperbacks around like a security blanket, books have been a way to escape: a source of both comfort and adventure. those of you who share my...
“Flight to Heaven” by the talented Emily Wierenga Belinda Carlisle got it wrong. Kenny Chesney thumbed his nose at it, too. Even the fancy-footed Fred Astaire totally missed the mark. Turn on the TV? You’ll find advertisers like Red Bull and Angel Soft peddling it...
Dear birthday boy Bane, did you know that your birthday was really special this year? that you had a party … and all your little buddies came … and lots of other people, too … and they wore silly hats … (even your Grandmother and Grandfather...
photo credit here can we have an honest moment? can i be real, even if it’s not pretty? because this week is hard. soul-deep hard. on-my-face hard. i remember being ten years old, gangly-kneed, wide-eyed, and fearless. chasing the shadow of my older brother, doing...
happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday sweet Bane … “my Jesus, come quickly.” these words, poured from broken hearts on a hard day. grief catches in throat, stops breath, looms hard on the road ahead … but God. His word is true — even in this....
soul-friend petites sharing a giggle[if you’re just joining this series, be sure to check out the first two parts here and here] i thought i had told the whole story. i wrote and i wrote, trying to connect the dots and say it clear: why i come here to this space, why i...
Drae and Livi Drae: he carries her, but she has him wrapped[to read the first part of this series, click here.] If I had no other reason to love Drason Beasley, I would still love him fully, solely for the way that he has loved — and continues to love — my soul-friend. But the...
hello, Banebow friends. Sonya and I were chatting and decided it was time to “peek-a-boo” out from behind the curtain of the Banebow blog. I’m glad that she meant a virtual peek-a-boo, so that I don’t have to worry about how sad my hair looks today —...
Livi and Baney: bathtime smooches “Mama,” said Livi, placing one tiny finger to her dimpled cheek. Splats of green jello smeared high chair tray before her, but she leaned in earnest, like one who knows a secret. “Bane Bane is my best friend.” these words …...
image credit here It’s not the Iron Man championship. It’s not the Tour de France. But it is a celebration of one special little boy who would have turned one year old on October 23, 2010 … a boy who will touch the lives of others for years to...
photo credit here cemeteries aren’t for smiling. crying? absolutely. sniffling? sure. tearing out of hair and gnashing of teeth? I can imagine. but not smiling. except for this one day … night, actually. I was, clichéd but true, “in the neighborhood,” attending visitation at a funeral home...
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