Someone recently commented in passing that they were curious about my husband. She mentioned that although she had become acquainted with my daughters through my blog that she had never seen a photo of my husband. She's right. I don't post much about him. You know,...
Among a number of other milestones that have taken place around here lately, my daughter promoted from Middle School to High School today. My husband captured this moment of us after the ceremony. It's one of *those* pictures that speaks a thousand words. I have so much...
I am enough. from Kimberly Scott on Vimeo. ...
I am Enough. Am I? YES! Why? Why? That is the question here. I think that all women have such a deep rooted force within that pushes us to try to be the very best. Best Wife. Best Mother. Best Friend. Best Daughter. Best. Best. Best. And the list goes on and on...
For the past week, blog post after blog post has been written in my mind. I've been up and down, round and round over and over again. Good days and bad days. Excitement and energy and exasperation and exhaustion. I said it on facebook the...
For as long as I can remember I have desperately wanted to belong. I have always felt odd, apart from, and less than ~ a freak among the ordinary shine. I have a secret compartment inside my mind that holds a big stick with which...
I was born into the energy of “I am not enough”. My mother had it, my father had it, my culture reeked of it. My mother was mentally ill, my father was a recovering addict turned preacher…both trying to prove they were enough living as...
Life began by waking up and loving my mother's face. - George Eliot ...
I am enough. Surely I came into this world knowing this, yet somehow, I sloughed off this belief layer by layer. And replaced it with hard-edged, cruel fillers: I am ugly. I am dumb. I am inarticulate. I am certainly not enough. The hows and whys of this deflating departure are...
Well, I'm finally feeling like we might be coming out of the woods with Junie. It's been a challenging week being on high-mama-alert, worried sick about her. Alas, she's seeming to be a little more herself (if only in short bursts) which is a huge...