Category: Family
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Thomas Michael
I wrote this when Thomas was five, when we were living in Hawaii. The air felt warm year-round, and the days moved a little slower. But the truth is, this didn’t start when he was five. It started in those early mornings when he was a baby. He would wake up content, playing quietly in…
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The Days Slip By Slowly… And Then All At Once
Motherhood is full of moments that feel ordinary while they’re happening. Packing lunches.Reading bedtime stories.Watching little feet run across the backyard. The rhythm of everyday life settles in quietly. And before long, those ordinary days begin to weave themselves into memories. When my boys were little, I never felt in a rush for them to…
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The Quiet Shift of Sons Growing Up
There isn’t a ceremony for it. No final announcement.No moment where someone says, This is the day everything changes. It happens quietly. One day you notice they no longer need you to tie their shoes.Then they no longer need you to drive them everywhere.Then they no longer need you in the same way at all.…
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Now
Reading it today, I smile at the rhymes.The spelling.The simplicity. But what stands out most is this: Even then… I knew she was my safe place. We didn’t shout “goodnight” down a hallway.We whispered it across the room. Fourteen years under the same ceiling.Two beds.One shared childhood. The lights would go out.The world would quiet.And…