Category: The Gallery
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Pearly Whites… Minus Two
Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond. ~Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, 1605 He went to school this morning looking like this. The Tooth Fairy? Well, she had to ask Asher what the going rate for teeth is in our house, because as he put it, “Mom, you get chemo…
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Celebrations
“Celebrate the little things in life, appreciate tomorrow…never condemn yourself to a life without cause to celebrate and be thankful for what you have. Never forget the people you love and love them when you have an occasion to do so. Celebrate their life and celebrate yours.” (~Anonymous) Look up “celebration” on google and you’ll…
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Walking Bravely
“Tell a man he is brave, and you help him become so.” (~Thomas Carlyle) They stood on the porch, handsome in their uniforms and hugged and made silly faces and posed for first day of school pictures. I laughed and clicked away, trying to hide the hurt in my heart. Saying good-bye is never easy…
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Day’s End
“I like the monotonous drone of the tires on the pavement, the containment in one small space of everything I need in my life…” (~from Elizabeth Berg’s “Caretaking”) As the darkness descended over us yesterday, the hush that covered our mini-van soon followed… the occasional sound of a thumb being sucked, the quiet, “Dad? How…
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Snakes and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
I sat with my boys breathing in the beautiful smell of sweat and dirt and grass. Summer boys, I call them. We talked about star-gazing, and I read them one of my favorite quotes about the stars. Ash watched me leaf through my journal to find the quote. Ever the thoughtful one, he asked me…
A Spring of Joy 