This morning my heart was smitten to see my daughter standing on the little stool her daddy made for her, peering out the window in her jammies, teddy bear clasped in one arm. Here are some other things that have given me joy lately: The new-old granite-topped cabinet and setting hen Ivan and I purchased […]
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I am just popping in to announce that the winner of Out of the Shadows, from 115 entries, is…. ta da ta da! …..Rosie! I will email Rosie separately to tell her of her good fortune. For those of you who haven’t heard, Out of the Shadows tells about my friend Kates’ journey with mental
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I reached out to Kates soon after I moved to Maryland. She seemed hungry for friendship—taking a seat beside me on a chair or a church bench, leaning close, talking in tones that were…how do you describe a voice? Quiet. Precise. Needy. Hopeful. She invited me to visit her at her apartment, so one day
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Yesterday, Ivan showed me this graphic, and we both giggled for a while. “That’s about right,” Ivan said. Beware marrying a writer, boys! Yesterday, Annalise and her cousin Abby tried out our new kiddie pool, it’s top ring mostly deflated due to Mama growing weary of inflating. I had the shop vac hose turned to
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I write in the stillness of early morning. 6:24 a.m. My daughter sleeps and my husband hasn’t gone out yet. I have stolen some extra minutes–minutes I normally spend snuggled in bed, my legs against Ivan’s, head on his chest–stolen those minutes for time in the quiet where I can write. At 6:00 a.m., the
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