Tag: Tip of My Iceberg
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What’s A Mom?
Mother’s Day ranks right up there with Valentine’s Day with its ability to make people feel miserable. It’s the reminder of what isn’t. What might be but hasn’t happened. And because women are particularly adept at comparing, it’s one more opportunity to experience a sense of “Why not me?” “Where did I go wrong?” There…
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The Little Lump Of Clay That Could
Give a person of any age a lump of clay, and one of a few things will happen. They’ll roll it into a clay snake or a ball. Or mush it between fingers and begin to create. I’ve long been fascinated with pottery. I’ve never had the opportunity to fashion a piece from scratch and…
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It’s Enough To Drive A Person Crazy
Lots of little boys love cars. Anything with wheels brings joy and sounds of “vroom, vroom”. Mack, at one, loves to get in his plastic car and pretend. Most sixteen-year-olds are equally delighted with cars. The idea of independence, the freedom to go where you want to when you want to, is high on the…
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When The Shoes Are Too Big To Fill
When my girls were little, they loved putting on my big girl shoes and slopping around the house in them. I didn’t have the normal assortment of heels, but what I had was used for dress-up and drama. Iconic. All kids dream of filling shoes bigger than what they currently have. Watching several of the…
Tip of My Iceberg 