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Peas and Quiet
~ With seven kids and an ever brimming house of activity… quiet is in short supply. However in the past two years I have come to an honest understanding with myself; I require a lot of peace. Just...
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A Tale of Two Hives.
A tale of two hives….. ~ ~ One hive was taken care of by new beekeepers... the other by a Beekeeper. All summer they collected their small bits and turned them into gold. Come fall, they settled in...
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not afraid
Sitting down I realize how easily distracted I am by all the outside space. An exercise in painting my heart distracted by fear. A fear of all the things which could creep in. My heart so small in...
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a new place.
At first it was hard to recognize this place. My normal had been so much pressure I would think I could have shattered into a thousand pieces… but I never did. All of which was what~was~my~normal only...
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Almost ready to break…. ground.
I always wait till I can’t practically take it anymore. They start marching in here in January and I squirrel them away. Each bright catalog, promising spring. A few sunny, albeit freezing days, have...
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The Voice in the Here.
Right now… in this here and now… I am very aware of the voices…. some singing quietly to themselves as they go about their chores some busying themselves with learning…”slugs have 4 noses?” some...
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a sweet tea party.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Imagine a day where you call up a few close friends. You pour a pot of tea…maybe add some ice because it’s super hot outside. You make a few tea sandwiches…some for small appetites…. some...
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Fire stories.
~ It is so easy a thirteen year old can do it. See a need and fill a need. Start a fire where there was none. See a darkness and bring light to it. Make a place for a story to unfold. Start something…...
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Burned… or How to Heal
~ You kept it to yourself… it burns and you didn’t want to show people where it left its’ mark. You suffered silently… “It wasn’t that big of a deal. I am big enough to take care of this myself,”you...
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small.
A small thing in your day can just wreck it. A bleb in your life can make your whole day fall to tears in a puddle of spilled milk. This I know. But equally so… the smallest of things can make you...
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