by Ashley Larkin | May 21, 2015 | Love, Marriage, Perspective, Poetry
Sea foam sizzles and waves rumble, and both call me right to the edges because I feel no choice but to see life in contrasting metaphor, how Love is thunder and a settling into sands, gentle dance of bubbles in glass Pelicans hover over waters as on our honeymoon 17...
by Ashley Larkin | Sep 19, 2014 | Celebration, Five Minute Friday, Love, Marriage
{Michael and I dressed up in our 60’s finest last fall} You’d never really held babies before, but there you were — such a pro — cradling our precious firstborn like a football. I envied you, then, the way your hold calmed her right down,...
by Ashley Larkin | Jun 8, 2014 | Faith, Family, Grace, Marriage, Mothering, Truth-telling
It’s late at night for me to think about writing, let alone do it, but when Lala tells me flat out that she doesn’t plan to sleep in tomorrow morning, and I start feeling itchy with all I haven’t written, the thoughts in my head mingling with the...
by Ashley Larkin | Apr 4, 2014 | Five Minute Friday, Grace, Gratitude, Love, Marriage
Michael and I hamming it up in 2009, early 90’s senior photo style He called me a writer long before I called myself one. He encouraged me to take the space and get away to etch and tap words, to let my mind run free from the crumbs scattered across the counter...
by Ashley Larkin | Mar 29, 2014 | Amusings, Family, Joy, Love, Marriage, Mothering, Perspective, Trust
1. Roller skating makes me feel crazy alive. I can roll and roll and roll around a circle (oval?) with my limited skill in the midst of some of my favorite people and a man flourishing a white towel with every epic twirl, and never tire. I cannot explain why...
by Ashley Larkin | Feb 12, 2014 | Family, Favorite posts, Love, Marriage
Dear Michael,Do you remember that night when you said something totally unromantic in answer to one of my dreamy-eyed questions?You might be thinking, which time? This one, honey: We were engaged, and I asked what you most looked forward to about finally marrying and...
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