You might be my cousin intoned the guy holding the yard sale after my hubby explained part of my family tree to him. Then when I came back toting my uncle’s family history he said You are my cousin!! See that guy right there’s the one that connects us and my wife is related [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘personal’
October 4, 2007
Fall a time of Joy or Dread
Fall is a time of racing to get done with the summer things and put them all away quick before winter hits and a time of storing up and preparing for winter for me. I notice myself struggling with dread. A dread of winter and all the struggles it brings and I have to [...]
August 1, 2007
Chutney is Life?
Watching all the turmoil around me, sometimes my attitude seems to be a bit fluffy. Maybe some of that is on purpose. I try to maintain a certain amount of denial so that the seriousness of it all doesn’t weigh on me too heavily. I try to let God carry the heavy load in [...]
July 25, 2007
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Gentleness is holding a butterfly!
July 25, 2007
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Fly away little butterfly!
July 25, 2007
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Butterlies taking off to live in the wild.
July 25, 2007
Summer Calls and Kids Help It
Summer is at midpoint and I notice myself and people around me alternating between a panic and plodding moes. We like a collective ant colony movealong the path of seasonal tasks and pleasure. Produce and blossoms come in waves and I pick and pack away. The waves and the summer sun beckon and I [...]
June 23, 2007
Guilty till Proven Innocent Beyond the Shadow of a Doubt
In the life of a young couple I know the traditional idea of American law has been turned on it’s head. Not innocent until proven guilty beyond a shadow of doubt but the reverse has been the treatment they have received.
It is horrifying to sit in court and hear the evaluation of them [...]
June 15, 2007
Father,Daddy,Papa,Dad,Pop Whatever You Call Him Treat Him
Father’s Day approaches and men and women the world over are wondering what to do about it?
Men don’t know what they want.
Women respond by trying to give them what they want them to want or what they think they might want.
Why don’t we just ask them what would be fun for [...]
May 9, 2007
Mothering in Retrospect
It’s interesting being the mother of older children. My roll has changed from one who made things ok, made things happen, knew (supposedly) all the answers, and gave up my nights, my comfort ( wet sandy snuggles at the beach for instance and bouquets of flowers I was allergic to), my preferences, my beauty( [...]
