by Ashley Larkin | Jun 11, 2012 | Gratitude, Joy, Love, Mothering
This second night of you — my arm, covered in dated pastel print, cradles your perfect head with its mouth rounded like an “O” and those cheeks mounds of just right dough. Your eyes are like your Mama’s, and they make the ground solid because I...
by Ashley Larkin | Apr 10, 2012 | Celebration, Gratitude, Just Write, Love
He is a 6 pound, 13 ounce flannel burrito and feels like blessed air in my arms. His dark brown hair peeks from a tiny yellow beanie, and closed eyelids dance dreams. I feel his hands and their thin skin, and I stroke his chin, and I tell him he is our special boy,...
by Ashley Larkin | Apr 3, 2012 | Faith, Grace, Gratitude, Joy, Love, Marriage, Mothering
This morning we will share anniversary breakfast, read hand-written cards and talk in low coffee voices though our youngest is already awake, sitting at the table with us, in the flickering morning candle light. We will tell her about the day we married and the white...
by Ashley Larkin | Nov 29, 2011 | Community, Faith, Grace, Mothering, Surrender, Trust
We examine the Dr. Seuss apple tree and rows of purple flowers in the morning mist. I time contractions as we walk linoleum hallways through the afternoon. She presses against a giant ball and our hands to ease the seizing of late day. I kneel with her, stand with...
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