A letter from my Mom has come in the mail, which wouldn’t necessarily be noteworthy except for the fact that my mother and I do not have a relationship at this time for important and necessary reasons. I don’t know if she’s dying or if she’s just trying extra hard to know the woman who…
Read MoreAuthor: Sonya Armstrong
Something to make a mother smile
As I came down the stairs from tending to a very sick and possibly dehydrated, Paul, I witnessed the kiddos happily engaged in a game of Hi-Ho-Cherrio which they had started playing together of their own accord and announced it to me as well. Nothing could make me happier than the kids playing nicely while…
Read MoreThe Saga of the Sick
Paul informed me last night that he was NOT going to get sick, as if anyone has any control over that. He clarified by saying; I’m working through it even if I am sick because I don’t have any time to spare — isn’t that the sad truth – he can’t afford a sick day…
Read MoreThanks through remembrance
There’s just enough snow lightly falling to the earth to break up the dreariness of a gray winter day. And as I glance through my hand written journal, I am reminded of our struggles as a family over the years and how time and time again, Lord, you have brought us through unharmed and standing….
Read MoreI’m spoiled
This cup of Starbucks coffee tastes no better to my taste buds than a cup of instant Folgers, now that I’ve been ruined by Paul’s amazing, fresh roasted coffee! Unfortunately, two days ago, Paul’s coffee roaster broke (the glass part that the coffee roasts in). Fortunately, he can order a replacement part, but in the…
Read MoreStory time
It’s Wednesday morning and that means our Hyde Park branch library is having story time….my favorite; I probably love it more than the kids do! Anyway, Elliott is interested in going and we will be searching for a book he still remembers well and would like to check out once again: THE TREE IN THE…
Read MoreStyrofoam TVs and Ethereal Light
One can watch in wonderment and amazement at how creative children are if you just stop to look and listen as they play, not with bought toys, but with found objects. Yes, I have found that kids just don\’t need much to entertain themselves and perhaps the less they have, the more creative they are…
Read MoreWARNING OF RIGHTS
You have the right to remain silent and refuse to answer questions. Do you understand? Anything you do say may be used against you in a court of law. Do you understand? Yes; I understand, and I understood this at the age of twelve or less. In my family, there was the reality that our…
Read MoreTake me home, country roads
Upon receiving a Christmas letter from someone in my past, I find myself being mentally transported to that place in Canaan, New Hampshire, where the snow faithfully falls in abundance every year, and people are outnumbered by the trees and the mountains. I feel like a stranger to my own memories, and taking that mental…
Read MoreFriendship cycle
I’m fearing there’s a distance coming between us that words cannot fix….a distance that’s swallowing up my belief in what I thought we had I imagine too much hope for what may not be is this real or is it the beginning of the end
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