a mother’s love
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This Must Be What Heaven Is Like…
written late July 2023 In the days leading up to my son’s birthday, I was feeling jumbled up inside. Not because my son is turning 3 or that old saying, “don’t blink!” but because there was so much sorrow and so much loss surrounding those days. Not to me directly, but for those I love… Continue reading
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Motherhood Is Like July & August
The July Garden, 2023 In the same month, the sunflowers began blooming and the “firework” flower showed its face, we also had a rattlesnake slithering near our front door and another one coiled and rattling loudly in the flowerbed. While Heidi’s rose grows tall in a way it never has before (it’s like it knows… Continue reading
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What Does Love Feel Like?
When the question was posed, “What does love feel like?”—all I could think was it feels like seeing a cool bird and wanting to tell him about it. A few weeks later, I would listen to my son sing his own original song, Honeybird. I made up a few verses which made his world. And… Continue reading
