You came to me from a distant landThe secret place of my innermost beingYou traveled miles and milesTo find me You came in the space between my two greatest sorrows. When the lamp of my womb went out, suddenlyLeaving me with a cold-wind feelingLike the door to every chamber of my heartHad been left blowing…
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Alice in Wonderland and The Birthday Girls, Paper Doll Club
I love this week’s Paper Dolls! My sister asked if I would make a paper doll for a little friend’s birthday, so that’s where we started for inspiration. The girls blew me away this week. Paloma’s Birthday Girl, named Lily, is so sweet that flowers actually grow from her dolly stand. And Rosie, not wanting…
The Best Birthday Gift I Have Ever Been Given
Yesterday was my 33rd birthday. I woke up to secret sounds in the kitchen as my girls decorated the holiday table for me with double table cloths and our fanciest china. My three-year-old son came down to snuggle me. In the monitor, I could hear the baby singing in his bed. I could never have…
The Daily Turn #5: Grandma
Today is my Grandma’s birthday And also the anniversary of her death. As if she’d planned it– To live exactly 98 years and then Retire from this life And the weary work of wearing A failing body To do all the things she had missed: Traveling to new places, Visiting with childhood friends, Laughing with…