by Ashley Larkin | Oct 27, 2013 | 31 Days 2013: Right Here, Community, Faith, Giving, Gratitude
Dear Lord, the Great Healer, I kneel before you, since every perfect gift must come from you. I pray, give skill to my hands, clear vision to my mind, kindness and meekness to my heart. Give me singleness of purpose, strength to lift up a part of the burden of my...
by Ashley Larkin | Oct 26, 2013 | 31 Days 2013: Right Here, Childhood, Family, Favorite posts, Grace, Mothering, Parenting, Perspective, Sorrow
They arrive in their black and white, masquerade masks, bear and unicorn heads, short dresses over leggings, sweatshirts, ties over dress shirts, middle school dance anxieties. I stand behind the food table and the bowls of candy, Doritos, Kettle chips, donut holes...
by Ashley Larkin | Oct 25, 2013 | 31 Days 2013: Right Here, Childhood, Five Minute Friday, Gratitude, Mothering, Parenting
“The giraffe has a long, black tongue,” J reads aloud to Lala. They laugh as they look at the picture. J continues, her voice patient and gentle as she reads from the just delivered kids’ nature magazine. “The harvest mouse is the weight of a...
by Ashley Larkin | Oct 24, 2013 | 31 Days 2013: Right Here, Community, Faith, Fear, Mothering, Perspective, Sorrow, Truth-telling
Friends, this post is longer than anticipated, but I hope you’ll stick in there with me. Maybe you wanna grab a cuppa something first. The other day, I wrote about my struggle with technology — how often it causes me to feel discontent, distracted and...
by Ashley Larkin | Oct 23, 2013 | 31 Days 2013: Right Here, Faith, Grace, Hope, Perspective, Redemption
Good morning. I thought I’d be sharing with you today the continuation of yesterday’s post about the push and pull of technology, but I’m not. I expect to be back with that tomorrow, sharing words from a comedian that I haven’t been able to...
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