The theme for Five Minute Friday this week is: WIDE Five minutes, no stopping, no editing. Just. Writing. Start The cage of overcast, heavy clouds has lifted. The blinders of fog and mist removed. The sun shines out the brighter, and all things seem new. The world is glorious. A cotton-ball sky extends overhead, a brilliant azure blanket covering a …
Bloomin’ Berries
I rounded the corner and something seemed off…different. Unable, at first, to put my finger on exactly what, I paused. Surveyed my surroundings and suddenly there it was clear as day… Had that tree always been there? Yes, I recognize the silhouette. And yet it’s so stark. So…bright. Yes! That’s it! The berries! That tree, bent with resignation against the years …
The Focus Effect
START Arms tremble, muscles burn as I lower my torso to the mat and slowly, shakily press back up. The foam fitness mat upon which countless others have sweated blurs before my eyes as the familiar sting of tears invades the privacy of a moment meant only for myself and my breath. I continue on in this mindless pattern; lowering, …
Irish Lesson of the Week
A lot of people are really intrigued by the fact that we live in an Irish-speaking area. Yes, that’s right, Ireland has it’s own language! In fact, Ireland has 2 official, national languages: English and Irish (aka Gaelic). Many people are surprised to learn that our kiddos’ school is completely taught through Irish. Not as some hip, cultural thing to …
Don’t Talk Back to Me, Mister!
If your kids are anything like mine, they always use their most polite tone of voice, words and phrases. They are never disrespectful, rude or selfish. And their speech always reflects it. HA! As our kids are growing, so is our repertoire of things tried (and failed) in attempting to raise them to be all those things above: polite, respectful, …
Deep Love
If you’ve got kids, you know what I mean when I say most days I’m pretty sure I learn more from them than they do from me. And the things these kiddos teach me…I tell you what, it’s some tough stuff! There’s one lesson that I’ve been learning throughout our nomadic lifestyle as a family has really been hitting home …
Seasons of the Soul
It’s Friday once again my good sojourners. I once again am joining up with Miss Lisa-Jo for the mayhem that is Five Minute Friday, writing for 5 minutes straight – and no more! – on a single topic. Without further ado, here is my five minutes on this week’s theme: Change START The days are just a bit shorter now. …
Gandalf Died…And God Spoke to My Heart
Have you ever seen a movie so many times you can nearly quote it verbatim? Start noticing weird things in the background? That’s me with the Lord of the Rings films. I don’t know why, but the you go. I was recently watching them again, while in bed sick, and something jumped out at me…hit me like a tonne of …