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December 13, 2018

BEST GIFT EVER

Each fall as the leaves make their final journey to rest on earth, my heart fills with dread. I know what is coming. The cold air will nip my fingertips. The landscape will forget its green, its yellow, its orange, and don a singular grey. The sky will turn dark even as I pick up the kids and rush home. Windows will be closed, backyards will stay empty and parks will be haunted. But this winter, my heart is singing a different tune. Even as I watch the winter waltz in, I am hopeful. Instead… Read More »BEST GIFT EVER

ARE YOU LISTENING?

  Having a conversation with my six-year-old can be challenging. My voice just doesn’t get through all the distractions he submits to.   I ask him to wear shoes in the morning, but he can’t hear me over the ‘swoosh’ and ‘whoosh’ of his imaginary bay blades in action. I chide him about his half-eaten lunch, but he is busy commanding two giant yellow leaves into battle. I try to pry the details of his day from him, but pokemon Hyno has him in his rapture.   Hence a few times a day, I find… Read More »ARE YOU LISTENING?