Sonya Armstrong – Armstrong Family Circus

Drowning in my Thoughts

Posted on January 10, 2006January 22, 2020 by Sonya Armstrong

First it starts with one thought and then I find I’m surrounded by many more that threaten to drown me right where I stand and I frantically think of ways out and how to attack the them. The floods are rising and I get wrapped in frustration, fear, panic, helplessness and anger. Like Peter in…

I Want To Be Like A Bear

Posted on January 5, 2006January 22, 2020 by Sonya Armstrong

I wish I could say I eagerly roll out of bed every morning, ready to start the day singing or something, but let’s just say I at least roll out of bed within 15 minutes of waking up (Paul may tell you otherwise, but he does\’t really know what I’m doing up there). It’s dark…

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!

Posted on December 26, 2005December 30, 2019 by Sonya Armstrong

Dear Lady at the 8pm showing of King Kong, Next time you decide to bring your young son to a three hour movie that is really not for young kids, THINK AGAIN. Would it hurt you that much to be a little less damn selfish and stay home if you can’t get a sitter?! Your…

A Haiku

Posted on December 23, 2005December 30, 2019 by Sonya Armstrong

see the riverbirch guardians of the waters branches raised upward

My Hands

Posted on December 18, 2005December 30, 2019 by Sonya Armstrong

As I look at my hands I see my mother’s hands, as I remember them when I was young; the well defined creases around the knuckles that revealed beauty with aging. I used to love to hold my mother’s hand in church and feel her nails and look at her fingers; I studied them well….

Emotional Pain

Posted on December 11, 2005December 11, 2019 by Sonya Armstrong

Emotional pain can go undetected by onlookers when the person with the pain has lived with it for so long. Everyone has seen some sort of pain in their lives; not too many are strangers of it; it can help us to be shaped and to grow and to lean on God in desperate ways,…

Brain Freeze

Posted on November 22, 2005December 6, 2019 by Sonya Armstrong

I can’t think of anything else to describe the fact that I have so much to do and am overwhelmed by preparing our family and our house for flying tomorrow, that I am almost paralyzed — so I call it brain freeze. If I just get up and begin ONE activity then it will get…

This reminds me …

Posted on October 31, 2005December 6, 2019 by Sonya Armstrong

“The woods are lovely, dark and deep but I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleep” — Robert Frost, “Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening’ I’ve always loved the woods. As a young girl I spent many hours and moments with my…

Rain, Rain, Go Away

Posted on October 25, 2005December 6, 2019 by Sonya Armstrong

Rainy, cold October days are my least favorite days unless I can just curl up by the fireplace and get lost in a good book. Unfortunately, that scenario will not be played out today. Instead, Elliott’s preschool class is scheduled to meet at the pumpkin patch. I would think it would be cancelled if it…

John Mayer’s got it right…

Posted on October 22, 2005December 6, 2019 by Sonya Armstrong

Here are the lyrics to a song written and sung by John Mayer. He’s one of my new favorite singers and his album, “Heavier Things” has such beautiful truth to it; read below and have a listen sometime. This song has personal meaning to me. Boy do I know what happens when your mother and…