Happy 10th Birthday, Libby!
Birthdays are always a little hard to believe, but this one is the HARDEST yet! Of course it’s true what they say, and I never doubted it: the years go by in a blink. But TEN?!? That’s a number I just really can’t wrap my mind around. For today (and for all the days), just…
thoughts || on turning T E N ||
What the? How the? Why the? I’m struggling hard with this number. Most moms do, I’m guessing, but I may be wrong. I really don’t know a whole lot about what most moms do or feel or think. I’m lost in my own little world of being Libby’s Mom a lot of the time. So…
The I-get-tos
I wasn’t able to have you grow in my tummy and care for your every need before you even entered this world. I wasn’t able to be the first, or the second or even the tenth, to hold you tightly in my arms and whisper to you that you’re loved and you’re safe and you’re…
Fall 2021 Field Trip
Today, Libby had her first field trip today in… 4 years I wanna say? In 1st grade I think she skipped because it was childrens’ theatre and Libby doesn’t “do” clapping. (Seriously – don’t start a round of applause when she’s around ) In 2nd grade, I think the field trip was to be in…
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
About a year ago I printed this one out and cute-washi-taped it to her door. It’s one of the most beautiful pics everrrrrrr of her, and I want to see it always. Every time I’m about to charge in and yell. Every time I’m leaving in tears. Every time I’m feeling lost or hopeless. Every…
thoughts || on pregnancy & infant loss ||
Living back in Watertown, just down the road from my high school home, living mere minutes away from teens whose parents live hours or entire states away, being “around” when so many of my high school friends descend on the campus for big event weekends, scrolling through grads and hocos and allllll things high school…
The First Tree
our neighbors’ tree always the first to bud, always the first to turn it’s not dazzling, not even a little but when I look at it, little pops of red by mid-August, my heart skips a beat, I feel a little lighter, and I know how those “summer” people feel when they see the first…
fifteen
F I F T E E N there’s been a lot of stuff in not a lot of years it feels like it’s been a lifetime it feels like it’s been but a blink praying for a lot more years and a little less stuff and when there be stuff – because there will always…
How to Love Summer
I don’t really keep it a secret how I feel about heat, humidity, and general summer-ness. But just like the first sunny, 30° day after a bitter, January cold snap, the fresh “chill” of an early summer morning gives me a sliver of joy in an otherwise sweaty, uncomfortable season. Basically, pre-7:30 is the only…
Third Grade Grad
resilient brave silly smart loved T H I R D • G R A D E • 2 0 2 0 – 2 0 2 1 first day || second first day || last day
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