I had a moment with my five year old on Sunday. I don’t know what to call it really- precious, heartbreaking, hilarious…a misunderstanding- it was all of those. Chaz and I and the kids are at Mazatlan. We are sitting at a long table with four other families. Granite is sitting between Chaz and me, Meadow is sitting [...]
Posts Tagged ‘daughter’
The Inevitable Arrival of the Unauthorized Cheeseburger
Posted in Meadow, Parenting, tagged children, daughter, family, kids, motherhood, parenting, relationship on 04/23/2010 | 8 Comments »
Meadow’s First Story
Posted in Meadow, tagged children, daughter, writing on 03/18/2010 | 1 Comment »
Meadow handed me her first story today. I was sitting in a chair on our back patio, one eye on the book I am reading for book club, one eye on Granite and his friend, Nora, as they rode a bike and a horse on wheels, up and down the slight hill of our driveway. The [...]
Chaz’s First Father’s Day
Posted in Meadow, Memory Lane, Miss List, My Love, Parenting, Thoughts, tagged blessings, children, daughter, family, holidays, home, love, marriage, parenting, thankfulness on 02/24/2010 | 2 Comments »
I was looking through old Word documents tonight and found this letter I wrote almost five years ago. As soon as I began reading it, memories and emotions from that year began flooding into my mind. What a precious time in our life- the year we became parents. ——————– To: Daddy From: MG and Mommy Father’s Day [...]
Secret Garden
Posted in Thoughts, tagged beauty, Bible, blessings, children, daughter, family, flowers, garden, God, home, husband, kids, movies, running, sibling, son on 02/02/2010 | Leave a Comment »
It was several weeks ago that Meadow and I watched the movie “Secret Garden”, a movie (and book) that I enjoyed as a young girl. The movie is striking to me, for many reasons, but the one that has stayed with me these last few weeks is the absolutely breathtaking and almost unbelievable beauty of [...]
