Adoptive Mom
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looking for beauty {Spring 2023}
I have all the tools. Know the reasons it is hard for a certain youngsters heart to trust mine. I know why it is hard for my heart to care for theirs. I know it’s the brain doing it’s job. That important things may have been missed, that trauma leaves it’s marks like crevasses and Continue reading
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heart. cry. prayer. poem.
Tired Body healing Still hurting Grieving Heart lighter Then heavier Stress compounded Saying goodbye Grief Loss Joy Hope I forgot About blocked care How it looks Feels Just woke up to it’s hard reality Sleep in my eyes Cloudy head Weeping Father help me remember How to chose love Continue reading
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September Yarnalong # 1
September is my absolute favorite month. It is the ending of the hottest days of the year and the beginning of cooler and dimmer days. I trade my tall cups full of ice and unsweetened tea for cozy cups of steaming hot teas. I start thinking about knitting for Christmas and making menus for the Continue reading
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Long-ish term projects and words {yarnalong}
The ladies from our church and other friends are reading a book together this season rather than doing a Bible study. I love the idea and am looking forward to the time we will all spend together. The book is One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voscamp. I’ve read it before -a few years back- and Continue reading
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A New Year & Yarn Along
It is a New Year. One of my resolutions is to read more – or rather to read entire books- you know, to the end. I always have a stack of books that I am “reading” but I have not finished many books this year, err this past year. Too busy or tired or vegging Continue reading
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Heaps Of Grace {What We Need}
grace noun \ ˈgrās \ … d : disposition to or an act or instance of kindness, courtesy, or clemency e : a temporary exemption : reprieve Tipping Scales Everyone is busy. I know that. The list of things that go on the calendar grows as the family does and we’ve actually learned to be mindful of how many things we do. Every Season Continue reading
All the grace 