by Ashley Larkin | Sep 30, 2016 | Five Minute Friday, Gratitude, Joy, Mothering
We are on the third (or maybe fourth) leg of our afternoon school pick-up, which means “Lala,” Clementine and I have been sitting in the minivan for a while now. Big sister “J” should arrive any moment with her middle school carpool. From our...
by Ashley Larkin | Dec 22, 2015 | Celebration, Perspective, Truth-telling
I sit by the Christmas tree – a ragged little miracle. The front lacks appropriate branches, and so the white goat on wheels lilts strongly toward the center, as do the handprint snowmen and jack-in-the-box. The wooden cranberry garlands hold on the best they can. We...
by Ashley Larkin | Jul 25, 2014 | Five Minute Friday, Mothering, Parenting, Poetry, Surrender
I couldn’t have imagined when you emerged after that long labor, furrowed brow and heavenly chunks and soft breath against my chest that we’d be here drawing to the end of this chapter, but I see the days fluttering by like pages in the fan’s stream....
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 | Oct 9, 2013 | 31 Days 2013: Right Here, Childhood, Faith, Grace, Gratitude, Imperfect Prose, Mothering, Tell His Story
Sometimes we don’t want to be right here. While that is perhaps the most obvious statement of the century, it’s true that one of the greatest hindrances to being right where we are is that sometimes, for seemingly small or large reasons, right here is not...
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