Join us at Kate's this week for Five Minute Friday! This week's topic is "Hold." Here goes: This week has been crazy hectic. I mean, with four kids, every week is crazy and most are hectic, but this week? It's been a hard one. in the middle of it, my smallest child came to me, arms up, and said: "I wanna be hold." And, she was not taking no for an answer. So, we sat in ...
Five Minute Friday
FMF: Whisper
Join us at Kate's for Five Minute Friday! Each week, we write for five minutes on a single topic then visit other bloggers' sites to encourage and be encouraged. I hope you'll join the fun! I live in the midst of a whole lot of yelling. I mean, from two toddlers and their tantrums to a little boy who couldn't whisper if he tried, I know noise. And, if my children aren't ...
FMF: Reach
It's Friday, and I'm joining a host of other writers at Kate's to write for five minutes flat. And, if you can imagine five minutes interrupted fifteen times, you can imagine why the writing below is as choppy as my thoughts. But, here it is anyway: A sticky hand, stained with orange, reaches up, asking for "More..." I sit at the table and pass the snacks to a little one who just ...
Five Minute Friday: Tell
It's Friday! And, we're all writing on one word: Tell. Join us at Katie's...you'll be so glad you did! We have a friend who is a teller of stories. The same stories. Over and over again. And, we always laugh. Over and over again. Because those stories aren't just words. They're part of who our friend is. They are him. And we love his stories because we love him. In ...