The leaves burn with fall. Green bursts succumb to the weight of orange, yellow and red. They turn and catch the wind, pirouetting in silent gusts before they dance to the ground. I stand at the park, David strapped to my chest, watching Emmarie applaud the duet for the first time. “Mommy. The leaves are […]
Sun crests on the soap bubbles in the sink, filling them with light before chubby fingers clap them into particles that set and settle on the floor like dust. The baby giggles and pats down a spherical cluster of wayward bubbles on his sister’s head. I sweep the sun dust off her hair. As fingers […]
Easter. It snuck up on me this year like daylight savings, springing time forward before I was ready. Bunnies, chocolates and all things soft and fluffy crept into Target before the daffodils were blooming. The rain kept pelting against our house and the wind hallowing, uprooting the juniper trees in my planters like spring was an abstract painting. Dark days turned into dark nights. Somehow, it all just didn’t seem quite right. It didn’t seem like the day was coming where we would finally celebrate our reason for hope.
The Wonderfully Made Life 