Tag: loved
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And The Name Goes On
My son, Mark, was raised with five sisters. Five girls telling him what to do. Five girls emoting around him and in his face most days of the month. Early Sunday morning, he and his wife, Jillian, were blessed with their first child. A son. You can’t help but grin about a divine statement like…
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I Can’t See You; You Can’t See Me!
Hide and seek is a wonderful game. And not just for kids. I was standing outside, watching a group of kids play hide and seek in the courtyard. They were hiding behind trees, in bushes, around corners of buildings. It was the big kids and the little ones,a game of inclusion, so the hiding places…
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Hearts and Flowers and Loneliness
“You know there’s nothing great about Valentine’s Day,” mumbled my then 17 year-old daughter. She was a senior in high school, had a lot of friends, but no special guy for this special day. She was quite over the drama of this holiday. The balloons and flowers that were given with great fanfare at school.…