welcome to my place to share words…
Broken Things
It is kinda funny. Most people wouldn't think so. But I do. When you have a lot of kids in a relatively small living space, things don't tend to last very long. I have a little phrase that I like to tell people when talking about my super sized family: "I have two...
I quit…for reals.
That’s it. I am throwing in the towel y’all. I am tired. I am drained. I am through. I am spent. No more. The…horizontally challenged female is singing her tune and I am drinking it in like Anne Shirley in a pasture of fresh spring blossoms. Calling it a day....
Everything is gonna be fine.
Hey all. So I feel the need to explain this post a bit. It is a little out of the norm here. Below is a short story I cooked up a few weeks ago. For a myriad of reasons, we are needing to move to a new home. So I thought I would write a poem or possibly a lyric about...
One Thing You MUST Make Sure Your Kids Know…
She sat slightly slumped in the dining room chair. Her head hung a little too low, chin pointing to the floor. I knew what the problem was. Vikki had already brought me up to speed by text earlier that day. "What's up, Jess?" I asked anyway, wanting to hear it...
Who wants a slice of pain spread with a little discomfort?
My family eats a lot of bread. No surprise, right? If everyone eats a slice of toast (or two) and a cup of hot cocoa for breakfast we pretty much destroy an entire loaf, or at least close to it. Making everyone a sandwich? You don't even want to know. Good thing bread...
Sometimes it is easier to ask, “Why?”
Sometimes it is easier to ask, "Why?" It is less confusing to ponder the unknown. There seems to be less pain in wondering what could have been. It's much easier to sift through hypotheticals than to face the gritty, soul-shattering truth of reality. Don't be ashamed....
Have we forgotten?
I said I would never forget. You did too, BTW. We all did. We will never forget what happened today, we promised. We will never forget the hollow empty pit gnawing at our insides. We will never forget the hopeless and helpless feeling of waiting for the next shoe to...
Dealing with #daddyfails
Philippians 1:6 (NKJV) "Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;" Failure is big business these days. Been on YouTube lately? #fail #instantkarma #failvid How many hours have you...
Your Life Will Never Be the Same
We were a couple weeks out from a much needed family vacation. It had been more than three years since we had left town as a big ole wonderful herd. I had been on several out of town business trips since then, but that isn't the same. We were all pretty pumped at the...