by Ashley Larkin | May 2, 2014 | Faith, Grace, Hope, Mothering, Redemption, Surrender
I grabbed my keys and wallet and bounded toward the door. “Mama, my swimsuit is in the sink, and I need to spit out my toothpaste!” the five-year-old called from the top of the stairs. I stomped back into the bathroom, not making eye contact with any of...
by Ashley Larkin | Apr 25, 2014 | Community, Five Minute Friday, Love
{The hokey pokey with good friends} We hold space for one other. To work it out from the knots of the middle. To be unique thinkers and feelers. To struggle and strain and to laugh at our own jokes. We fill the room for each other. Packing up boxes and strapping on...
by Ashley Larkin | Apr 4, 2014 | Five Minute Friday, Grace, Gratitude, Love, Marriage
Michael and I hamming it up in 2009, early 90’s senior photo style He called me a writer long before I called myself one. He encouraged me to take the space and get away to etch and tap words, to let my mind run free from the crumbs scattered across the counter...
by Ashley Larkin | Mar 21, 2014 | Five Minute Friday, Joy, Perspective, Poetry
Joy can feel like abstraction or open, sun-lit meadow, a winding path, a declaration or a hope. Joy can be grace and love’s overflow or picked and chosen like flowers from weeds or rope-burned hands clinging to a rescue line. Joy can feel easy and natural, a...
by Ashley Larkin | Mar 14, 2014 | Faith, Five Minute Friday, Truth-telling
We want both. To blend into the crowd and yet somehow rise above it. To know we belong and yet bubble up distinct. We walk into a room and scan the corners to see if we’re dressed right, if we look right, if anyone’s noticed. We look for a chair and worry...
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