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It Was Summer 2013❤️
It was summeer 2013 and on the way back from one of those infamous Taco Bell runs, I felt in my soul that my life was about to change in a really good way. I was 18 then and had only run into Ben a couple of times and really didnt know him at all.… Continue reading
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A Poem for What It’s Like Being a Mother
There goes my son sailing down the slide with sword and shield raised high, soaking his jeans thanks to the earlier rain. Here comes my daughter with arms outstretched running to me squealing “Mommy!” on a plain Tuesday morning. There’s my baby girl crawling to me as fast as she can with a grin I… Continue reading
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Chicken Noodle Soup – a love story
Five old bowls on the kitchen counter, Dad gets home from work, hello! Dishes in the sink again, and goldfish on the floor. Wash up, kids, it’s time to eat. Homemade chicken noodle soup, and tomorrow we will repeat. But maybe Tuesday dinner is chicken nuggets made from frozen, sliced potatoes, canned green beans. Well,… Continue reading
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Lake Day – a poem for this mama’s broken heart
I might break beneathgood things,my son running inwith grasshoppers caughtin Grandpa’s field;he goes to kindergartenin only a week. but later I might break beneathsad thingsmy world closing inon the living floor,reality hits harder in the opensaying those words aloud;feels like a death, feels like a funeral.I still don’t cry the tears that try,that should have… Continue reading
