Prayers in Poetry & Prose

Stevie Nicks, Dixie Chicks, Life and Loss

June 25, 2011 Prayers in Poetry & Prose
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I woke up this morning just happy to be alive. Both boys snuggled into our bed for a few minutes before breakfast; one happy baby had just enjoyed his. We were getting ourselves together to go and visit some friends and meet their new baby girl — a precious two-and-a-half-week-old gift from heaven. Breakfast and [...]

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My Love For Yellow Flowers

May 13, 2011 Prayers in Poetry & Prose
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He came home with yellow flowers for me the other day, and my heart began hearkening back, as the baby’s soft hands reminded me of my grandmother’s. I was at the hospital holding them while I prayed the night she died I studied the yellow flowers around her room and the ones in the pictures [...]

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The Good Water is the Water that Flows

May 9, 2011 Prayers in Poetry & Prose
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I wrote this just after Baby Brother was born, but today was the day for posting it. I hope it’s an encouragement to you Moms who feel like life’s going a little too quickly sometimes. Please feel free to pass it on. xCC I lay in a hot salty bathtub this evening, a set of [...]

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Freedom Has a Scent

March 14, 2011 Baby Photos
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These are the beautiful days when arms barely reach above heads and lips slowly purse together and pout as sleepytime stirs to dreamy wakefulness These are the beautiful days when a tiny person’s entire being seems employed in the joyful art of a good wake-up stretch These are the beautiful days when tiny eyes seem [...]

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Slow Down OR Love is a PBJ

February 21, 2011 Prayers in Poetry & Prose
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It is another peaceful day in Gordon’s Bay. Wind blowing gentle, sometimes strong. Feeling weak and tired after a little Bear sprang up early like an over-eager alarm clock, I spent much of the morning moving slowly, doing little. High hormones or low blood sugar getting the better of me, at 10:30 I was teary-eyed [...]

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Staring into the Ravine

February 17, 2011 An Expat
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We take the same route to church and to the the doctor’s office for my prenatal checkups. Depending on whether it’s a weekend or a weekday, the sights might be slightly different, but it always seems like there’s something to tug at my heartstrings. Turning out of our neighbourhood, we’re on a fairly busy stretch [...]

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Blackberries, iPhones, Love the One You’re With

January 24, 2011 Prayers in Poetry & Prose
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It’s a thought that keeps occurring, when I send and receive emails, texts, tweets and Facebook wall posts. When I sit across the table from folks for a meeting or a cup of coffee. And sadly, most often when I’m visiting my home country. It’s simply: The more ways we have to communicate, the worse [...]

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In the Moment

January 12, 2011 Prayers in Poetry & Prose

There is a special magic in the every day that I try to make it a point to grab hold of and savour. Do you ever want to take photographs with your mind and hold on to moments as they slip through your fingers? The sunshine hits a tree just so that it springs to [...]

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