The sound of his alarm, muffled through my ear plugs. Flip on the light that blinds for a minute before squinting through squeezed eyes to […]
Tag: Parenting
Blue Hydrangeas
The summer brought blue hydrangeas. I had broken the soil last fall. In the warm glow of autumn, I shattered the earth. With each shovelful, […]
Making Hope
One morning my oldest son joined me in my room for what he called a “devotional date.” The pandemic and ensuing quarantine had been hard […]