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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
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The Joy and Grief of Raising Baby Goats
This popped up on my Facebook memories yesterday. These two surprise baby goats arrived a couple months before my son’s birth. It was such a happy thing. Their mama, Hattie, had a terrible time during her first kidding so to have this one be so smooth and light was a relief and a blessing. Sadly… Continue reading
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Celebrating a DECADE of Marriage with a Garden Picnic
It was the dried ramen noodle stuck to our porch deck when nearly everything else was arranged in such simple, beautiful detail. It was our pastor praying for dinner just as a lilting, cheerful song was playing from the “Picnic Party Playlist.” It was talking about potty training with one of my dearest friends while… Continue reading
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