by Ashley Larkin | Sep 9, 2013 | Childhood, Faith, Family, Favorite posts, Fear, Perspective, Surrender
My mother helped make me an artist because she taught me to see as one struck by wonder. Through her eyes, I first treasured thistle’s down and oak’s curved limb, leaf’s shadow and bird’s wing, the shapes of clouds and the kind of smiles made only with eyes. My mother...
by Ashley Larkin | Sep 7, 2012 | Childhood, Five Minute Friday, Grace
It’s Friday, and I’m meeting up with the community of Five Minute Friday at the Gypsy Mama for some free writing fun. Here are the rules: follow the prompt, no extreme editing, write for five minutes flat and encourage the person who linked up just before...