by Ashley Larkin | Jun 7, 2013 | Childhood, Fear, Five Minute Friday, Hope, Perspective, Risk-taking, Truth-telling
I hold inside me two seemingly conflicting parts: the dramatic-lay-it-all-out-there-let- your-light-shine-bright side and the sensitive-what-will-they-say-or-think-about-you-if- you-let-it-all-out-there side? So little girl Ashley was the one in the photo who danced...
by Ashley Larkin | Sep 24, 2012 | Concrete Words, Fear, Open endings, Risk-taking, Truth-telling
The ones heading upstairs are covered with a wool runner, smudges of dirt life dotting the fibers. The ones down to the basement are hard and oak, salvaged from one of my brother-in-law’s job sites, with strips of non-skid material so our feet don’t slip....
by Ashley Larkin | Mar 15, 2012 | Open endings, Perspective, Truth-telling
First thing Monday morning, I lost my footing on a solid oak step, fell hard to my backside, slid down five painful stairs on my left side and landed in a puddle of coffee on the basement floor. I managed to hold onto my full, red coffee mug all the way down, though...
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