Author: daylerogers
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The Love Of A Father
Exhaustion comes from an overwhelming sense of newness and change, those out-of-control adjustments that can take a lot out of us. Little Kollyns is just a week old, and she’s completely got her days and nights mixed up, sleeping all day, remaining awake all night. Midnight is the beginning of her day, and she really…
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New Additions Don’t Always Need Permits
My baby had a baby. It wasn’t an easy pregnancy, but Deb was a trooper. Nausea lasted most of the nine months, and when paired with exhaustion, it makes for a dicey duo. She soldiered on. They decided not to find out the gender of their baby. In an age of increasingly unique gender reveal…
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Where Is Our Protection?
Watching the continued bombing of Ukraine, the destruction of city after city, with no apparent concern for civilian casualties, raises the level of fear for those still in that beleaguered country and for those who live near the borders. Despair comes easily when the circumstances we focus on scream of futility and injustice. People are…
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It Costs To Finish Well
They called it a 101-headed turtle. I didn’t quite see what they described, but I affirmed them for their creativity and unique perspective. I’m sure when they began this endeavor it wasn’t a turtle they were thinking of. They used these magnetic blocks to create all kinds of fun and fanciful shapes and buildings. As…