When You Just Feel So Alone

I curl closer.  Locking my arms around his middle.  Tucking my chin down around the bend in his neck.  Finding warmth from this freezing. Neighbors laughing. Stories of bears. Shivers camping around my extremities… Keeping me awake. Marshmallows still lay on the picnic table from the evening before.  The coals now separated.  Alone.  Cold.  Much like […]

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The One Best Gift You Can Give Your Kids.

Some mornings the obligations of the world jump out at you. Cling on.  Take old. Long before your first sip of coffee. And this morning was one of those mornings. I hoped for the chance.  To squeeze out some “me” time.  Wake up slowly.  Sip coffee. Something I haven’t enjoyed since, I don’t know when. Grace […]

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