Category: motherhood
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Productivity
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in angel, angel wings, childhood, family, fantasy, inspirational, motherhood, snow, snow angel, snowflake, wings, writingMy schedule doesn’t give me a lot of play time. Fortunately, some of the things I do and call ‘work’ I also regard as play. This allows me to go off and “play” while still feeling productive. Which isn’t to say that I don’t occasionally goof off and waste time, too. Yesterday was one of…
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Deeply Felt
Pregnancy is possibly the most intimate encounter you can have with another person short of sexual relations. And even those aren’t always a metaphysical experience. I have experienced sex that was not intimate at all. Giving birth to my children, however, was a deeply connected, wonderful experience. Finally meeting the people who had been growing…
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Snow Angel Snippet 3
“You’re hypothermic.” Sarah informed her. “Your core temperature is so low all the blood has left your extremities, that is why you have no dexterity.” She gently moved the child’s hands away and finished unbuttoning the coat. It was oilskin over what seemed to be a down lining, and her torso was dry. That must…
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Winter Story
A snippet of my work in progress, which I think will be a Christmas gift to my children. ######################### Snow Angel Sarah was standing at the sink with her hands in hot soapy dishwater when her son came in the sliding glass door in a small swirl of frosty air and rapidly melting snow. She…
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Motherhood, and reflections.
I wrote something a while back. A long while, given that my youngest child is now six, and he wasn’t even born when I wrote this thought down. It still rings true, now, and it’s a good reminder to me as my eldest will be a teenager in less than six months. I still need…