by Ashley Larkin | Nov 11, 2013 | Community, Concrete Words, Faith, Favorite posts, Grace, Love, Redemption, Surrender, Truth-telling
On this November 11th, I wake thinking of my father-in-law — my husband’s father, who I was just two months shy of meeting. The proudly full-blooded Irishman with the big voice and larger than life presence, the loving father of four boys. Passionate...
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...
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