by Ashley Larkin | Nov 20, 2013 | Family, Grace, Mothering, One Word: Trust, Perfectionism, Perspective
Things are pretty ordinary around here lately. Good and full ordinary, but still. Wow, isn’t that like every journalism school example of the lead sentence you shouldn’t write if you want people to read on? But it’s the truth because, as usual,...
by Ashley Larkin | Jun 19, 2012 | Childhood, Just Write, Mothering, Perspective
I am sitting at the dining room table. I am joined by a dirty pot-bellied teddy bear, some books, a marker and pencil, a sippy cup, a Lego catalog, a Christmas card and a vase of roses commemorating Sici’s first dance recital. The chair next to mine is covered...
by Ashley Larkin | Jun 5, 2012 | Childhood, Gratitude, Joy, Just Write, Mothering
Summer vacation is coming, and I want to make room for it in this crowded basement, leave space on those shelves for the girls to see possibilities and breathe art and science projects to life. I want to be excited for all the things they will imagine and want to make...
by Ashley Larkin | May 1, 2012 | Community, Faith, Fear, Grace, Gratitude, Hope, Risk-taking, Surrender
Feast your eyes on the charming Vivian. Viv for short. She’s a stunner in an understated, not trying too hard kind of way, don’t you think? We are already quite fond of her. Viv came to join our family last week after years of heavy hand-me-down uprights,...
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