My mother’s sister died a few days ago. We knew it was coming. This time last year she was given just months to live. She stuck it out, smiling as always, for a whole year, only getting really bedridden and sick in the very end, and finally succumbing this last Monday. As it was unfolding…
Tag: joyful living
I Don’t Play With My Kids: Wild and Free
“Mama will you play with me?” My six year old daughter has been asking me this question for the last three years, since I stopped “playing” with her toward the end of her toddlerhood. I taught her to play, I encouraged her imagination, I provided her with all the necessary resources, and then I let…
A Mother’s Task: Life Through the Eyes of My Child
Easily one of the most important jobs I take on as a mother is to see life through the eyes of my child. I don’t know that I ever tried to walk in anyone else’s shoes before I met my husband. I’m not saying I was a bad person per se; I did a lot…