It’s another Thursday and I’m linking up with Lisa-Jo Baker and other wonderful writers for Five-Minute Friday. Our prompt this week is CLOSE. If you’d like to join the fun, find out how at Lisa-Jo’s blog. This week has been hectic and crazy and has driven me right over that… Read more“Double Close”
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Too Close for Comfort in the ICU
Don’t Wait for an ICU Visit I leaned in close as Pedro struggled to form words around the tubes sprouting out of his nose and mouth. His hands, retained by cotton cuffs, fluttered uselessly at his sides. His left hand stilled and his right hand looked as if it was… Read more“Too Close for Comfort in the ICU”
Evidence of a Miracle {fmf: grateful}
I’m joining Lisa-Jo Baker and the wonderful writers at Five-Minute Friday. This week’s prompt? Grateful. My son graduates from 8th grade on the 22nd of May. It’s not a BIG deal, but trust me, it’s a BIG DEAL! We hit the wall, when he was four years old and diagnosed… Read more“Evidence of a Miracle {fmf: grateful}”
Moving Mess
The phrase “We’re moving” wears me out. The mental agility necessary to sort, organize, pack, label, number, create a database (so, I’m a melancholy computer nerd a times) of what hides within each box makes me so weary I can hardly bang two thoughts together. The last time we moved… Read more“Moving Mess”
My Life’s a Mess (but that’s OK)
FMF – Mess The five-minute-Friday prompt, which triggers a five-minute unedited writing spree for many women who choose to join, made me laugh out loud. Oh how this one is tailor made just for me. Mess. That would be me. My son is getting ready to go camping with a… Read more“My Life’s a Mess (but that’s OK)”
Fickle Friend
Friendship Isn’t Easy We moved a lot during my childhood, and I usually made friends easily, but lost them each time we moved. I would try keeping the friendships up through letters, and that would work for awhile—but never very long. In high school, I went through the typical angst… Read more“Fickle Friend”
{fmf} Paint
Join us at Lisa-Jo Baker’s for Five-Minute Friday, where we receive a prompt and write for just five minutes and then hit publish before we overthink or over edit–it’s exercise, after all ;). With a flick of his head Hair flops to the side And settles back over downcast eyes… Read more“{fmf} Paint”
Paint-by-Numbers
My eight-year-old hand shook as I carefully daubed the paintbrush into the small, clear plastic pot of paint and then carefully transferred the blob of ‘color 32’ into the small, oval edged on one side by a sea of black velvet. Just three colors left, and I would complete my… Read more“Paint-by-Numbers”
{fmf} Writer
I’m linking up with other writers at Lisa-Jo Baker’s for a Five-Minute Friday exercise in writing. The prompt this week is: Writer. The assignment? Write for five minutes and hit publish. Join us! My students sort baggies of M&Ms and count each color. Groans and exclamations spread across the classroom… Read more“{fmf} Writer”
What Was God Thinking? {fmf}
First weekend back since my son’s onset of leukemia. First time teaching my cradle roll/kindergarten church kids. First time home without my boy or my husband, who was giving me time home with the girls. First time singing songs with my little darlings about a loving, amazing God while my… Read more“What Was God Thinking? {fmf}”
