Category: boys
Updated on September 20, 2021
Saying Goodbye
My dad slipped from this life into the next on a cloudy Tuesday afternoon just as the month of August was making its entrance. My sister and I sat with him as he passed slowly into the place …
Posted on March 19, 2021
The things we’ve learned
Asynchronous vs. synchronous, virtual learning, online school, social distance, contact-traced, covid positive, quarantine … These are just a few examples of words we have added to our vocabulary this year. At the beginning of March 2020, I had …
Posted on February 17, 2021
Repenting lessons
Say you’re sorry and mean it. Look him in the eye and tell him you are sorry. I would stand the angry boys face to face and make the guilty one say it. And it always played out …
Posted on July 17, 2020
For when you have more questions than answers
“Mom, can I ride this skateboard down the stairs?” “Mom, can I chew 5 pieces of gum at one time?” “Mom, can I have a pet snake?” “Mom, can I have a snack?” “Mom, can I jump off …
Updated on May 22, 2020
The summer of no plans
Hey, mom, it’s summer, remember?! A boy argues with me about bedtime, and it catches me off guard. Summer? Oh, yeah, summer. The strangest school year ever is finally in the books. And the next two months of …
Updated on April 3, 2020
Weird things I am missing … and what I am learning
On Wednesday, the Governor of Georgia stood in the bright Atlanta sunshine surrounded by health and legal officials along with a very energetic sign language interpreter and ended our 2019-2020 school year. The words were barely out his …
Posted on March 27, 2020
So, how are you doing?
This sign made me cry yesterday. The skies were deliriously blue, the sun was shining and the park was closed? The silence was deafening. “Just relax. Everything is all going to be alright,” a friend’s text pops up …
Updated on December 13, 2019
A Word of Peace
We lit the second candle on the Advent wreath, the one that stands for peace, this past Sunday. And my little guy leaned over and whispered the same question he asks every year during Advent. “Hey, Mom?” he …
Updated on December 13, 2018
Are you missing a peace?
“Peace on the earth, goodwill to men. From heaven’s all gracious king! The world in solemn stillness lay to hear the angels sing” (Sears). Solemn stillness. What would that be like? I wonder as that Christmas carol plays …
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