A is for Anticipation

The air is thick and perspires with anticipation. It’s 5 am and I am checking in as 2 and hoping … More

Weaving a Web of Fragile Silence…

I have dropped of Z to school, and there’s just A and me in the car. The car is mostly … More

You look out the window and spot the howling trees and the sunlight that is waning slowly but swiftly, the … More

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or … More

I am currently editing the images of clients so my mind is too full of images, too empty of words. … More

Appreciating–– the golden ray of sunlight that reaches the exact spot in the room where I am sitting. Golden Ray that … More

“In a child’s lunch box, a mother’s thoughts.” ~ Japanese Proverb The packing of a school lunch can be the … More

This summer I haven’t strung my words together just so. Rather than write, I peruse blogs of mothers who have … More

I recently watched the Steven Hawking movie The Theory About Everything and was touched by Muhammad Ali’s death. Muhammad Ali was a … More

I am sitting on Z’s bed trying to get the bedtime routine over and done with a quick read aloud … More

Right as the sun starts to swirl down, down, down away from the blue of the sky, everything seems less … More

Garlic is divine. Few food items can taste so many distinct ways, handled correctly. Misuse of garlic is a crime…Please, … More

With schools closing early and things being cancelled all around me, I love the peace that comes before the storm. … More

Last year, I was inspired by blogger Erin Loechner, who instead of writing resolutions wrote non-goals in 2015 and 2016. Gentle ways … More

I’m still learning the ways of the publishing world since I’m a first-time author. I always get a thrill of … More

The very below picture is one of my favorites. It’s my 3 year old ‘A’ running to her grandparents and … More

“It’s lunchtime again – Brian’s least favorite part of the day. Another twenty l-o-n-g minutes of kids talking and laughing … More

I’ve been reading lots of chapter books lately. Classics and New books and books on book lists and books full … More

“It was the summer of the year the relatives came. They came up from Virginia. They left when their grapes … More