Category: The Nursery
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Let No Evil Come Into My Dreams…
“Mommy,” her voice trembles as she says quietly, “I just don’t feel very well.” I try not to react when the thermometer reads 104.3. Just don’t feel very well? That’s gotta be an understatement! She came home from school yesterday and fell asleep immediately on the couch. When she woke her temp was high and […]
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Sparkle
Mommy? she came to me, brown eyes huge, the hint of a smile around her lips. Do you know what I like about my eyes? I hid my own smile. What, baby love? When I open my eyes really wide, like this, her huge brown eyes became even huger. She paused and she brought up […]
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I Didn’t Need to Laugh
I didn’t need to laugh. I didn’t even necessarily feel like laughing. After all, I had a headache. I could have just smiled or told her she was creative. She showed up downstairs, hiding something under a blanket. “Mommy,” her eye sparkled, “I am going to show you,” she paused, “Something for piggy when it […]
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This Good Hurt
“Actually, I do want to come with you,” she looked at me with hesitant eyes, hoping I wouldn’t say it was too late as I grabbed my keys and purse and started to follow Bear out the door. I paused, took one look at those eyes and swallowed my frustration with her last minute change […]
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Two Words
There was a crash as she fell, and I looked up from my spot on the ground. There sat Bella in the middle of our basketball court, arms and legs tangled all around her brother’s “big scooter”. “Are you okay?” I called to her, poised to run to her aid if she needed me. She […]
A Spring of Joy 