Category Archives: Family

Single Mom Won’t Forget Mother’s Day 2012

The following link is to a story about a 16-year old who got pregnant. She decided to keep the baby and became a single mom.  Her story is one of inspiration and determination.  Read it here at my new site. … Continue reading

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Two worlds

Loss. Frantic searching To see. Crying For help. No one knows. No one cares. Waves of Island Oceans. Bright blue sky. Endless white sand. Warmth. Comfort. Seclusion. Anxious Frustration. Fruitless Remembering Hopeless Finding Of meaninglessness. Peaceful Slumber. Thought-free Play In … Continue reading

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A Time To Dance

Momma was happy today. No there had to be a better word for it, Momma was jubilant, ecstatic really.  She hummed a tune as she danced around the kitchen.  She was making the family oatmeal cookie recipe.  Sarah always helped … Continue reading

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Choices in the 58th year

I got a year older today. It happens. No, I didn’t age a year in a day but it is my birthday.  So I began to think about the age 58 and what might happen. At age 58, my mother … Continue reading

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Full of Life

I remember in my 20’s a very long time ago I wrote a poem that went something like this: I feel so full of life yet empty of you And the emptiness drowns the very me In its attempt to … Continue reading

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Fiction: A Time To Dance

Momma was happy today.  No there had to be a better word for it, Momma was jubilant, ecsactic really.  She hummed a tune as she danced around the kitchen.  She was making the family oatmeal cookie recipe.  Sarah always helped … Continue reading

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Am I Living the American Dream?

There seems to be a lot of talk today about being myself and not giving into the pressures of the world constantly trying to make me into something else, trying to get me to buy into the American Dream. The … Continue reading

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The Legacy My Father Left Us

My father didn’t have the best of childhoods.  The son of a hired farm hand, he and his four brothers and sister lived in various old farmhouses, some not much better than a shed, on others’ land.  Although a good … Continue reading

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Complete

Daddy and me. My mother hummed softly, My father sighed delightly. In a dimly lit hospital room above a main street store In Fayette, Missouri, My grandmother took me in her arms and Would not let go For fear my … Continue reading

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Stuck: #Trust 30, Day 21

Today is interesting. Stuck in Limon, Colorado with blown tire. It totally separated tread from tire. We were blessed to be on flat road out of traffic. Today I am reminded of God’s goodness and grace in my life. I’m … Continue reading

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