a favorite Brian Kershisnik piece My chest tightened near my heart when I saw this. The woman in this piece – is she a mother? Shoulders hunched and head down, she seems to be carrying something greater than her. Uncertain of her task, her next step, her plan, she needs help. That was me in…
View PostI’ve had some red dirt in my shoes… One trip home a couple weeks ago wasn’t enough, so Olivia and I skipped back to St. George for Mother’s Day weekend (bless our sweet Ryan for staying home to work). On Saturday a whole troop of us – Olivia and me,…
View PostOther than mothering my Olivia and keeping this house in shape, I’ve been investing my time in a couple other ventures that are really making me happy. Every mother needs to have an outlet, right? Something to do that is her own that won’t be undone after a coupla hours,…
View PostOlivia has been all sorts of loving lately, and tonight she was no exception. We were reading her big squishy book when she – 100% unprovoked – put her arm up on my shoulder and smooshed herself into me. Luckily Ryan seized the Kodak moment, and as I kept reading…
View PostI’ve felt a little off the last coupla days. The laundry is coming out my ears. I’ve been avoiding it. But yesterday Olivia’s laundry couldn’t be ignored any longer, so she and I made the trek to the laundromat together. Coatless because her coat is dirty, I bundled her up…
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