Sometimes the night does not go as you plan. As an adult and as a child. One night I wake up and hear more than a bump. Which gets me thinking about the night I knocked on my dad's door and told him I had a surprise for him. Happy Father's Day to all you dads! To ... Read More
Things to Remember
Summer Attitude and Flexibility
Flexibility. It’s a word my sister has been bantering around in conversations. A word she is trying to become. With summer just inching into its place at our house, I have been thinking of flexibility and what it means. Especially in the quiet of morning, when the birds are chirping ... Read More
Hiding From the Kirby Man
I am laughing from a joke with the family and loudly say hello when I answer the phone. There is a whisper at the other end. “This is Lisa.” “Our neighbor,” I announce to my husband and son. “Yes, Lisa. What’s up?” "He’s back,” she whispers. “Hide and don’t answer the ... Read More
Life as it Comes #38 | The One Fatal Flaw
Why is it we are all born with one fatal flaw? The worry flaw. The need to worry about anything and everything. It seems we all carry around a container of worries. Some have small bags of worries, the size of a checkbook and a few credit cards. Others have a medium box of worries, the size of a ... Read More
Silencing Secrets
Warning: This post is of a delicate nature and not for little eyes. How sharing our secrets of guilt and shame can be healing. Sharing the past can change our future. Especially when we share secrets from the past. Bringing them carefully out and examining them in the light of ... Read More
Why Litle Boys Love Peeing Outside
We were three mothers standing in the cul-de-sac chatting about trivial things. Ripe strawberries, dogs, lost socks, dinner. The 5 children (1 girl and 4 boys), were playing kid stuff that involved running, stopping, yelling, bossing, and more running. We ladies were in the middle of a good laugh ... Read More
Kindness and Compassion Please!
When Mother’s Day is hard, it can be a day of conflicting emotions. The week leading up to it and the day can fill us with so many mixed emotions. Maybe because we all carry different scars and experiences and life is complicated. We can feel like a failure. Think others view us as ... Read More
Life as it Comes #37 | Salsa Salad for Momma
There is a reason why at potlucks women should run to the front of the line. If they wait until all the males have gone, there remains only vegetable salad, and a lot of empty dishes needing washing. I knew this, so I should not have left the room to chat with a girlfriend on the phone after dinner ... Read More
