Tag Archives: family

To My Daughter on Election Day

Today I am taking you with me to vote.  It’s not some grand teaching moment this is just how it goes now, you and I rarely apart.  Trips to the store, trips to the doctor, trips to the office, even trips to the bathroom and now trips to the city hall to vote. I have […]

The Twelve Blogs of Christmas – It’s Gonna Be Rough

A couple weeks ago as I held a very tired little girl in my arms, laying in bed with her trying to soothe her to sleep, I told her of all the fun things that were soon to be.  We talked about Christmas and the cousins we’d see.  Some coming to us.  Some we’d travel […]

The Twelve Blogs of Christmas – You’ll Never Know

This little girl has forever changed my life. I love her, immensely, grandly, without hesitation or question. I tell her this often.  I sing it.  I giggle it.  I kiss it.  I speak it. I pray my actions show her a thousand times a day. I find myself telling her, as we rock to sleep […]

The Twelve Blogs of Christmas – The Stories We Tell

This is my daughter. Joy incarnate. And this is her first Christmas. Her first holiday season. The first of Nana’s mashed potatoes, Grandma’s banana puddin’, pumpkin pie and creamy cool whip. New bedtime songs to sing and special dresses and bows to wear. First taste of snow on the tongue.  We’re telling stories. Stories of […]

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