by Ashley Larkin | Jun 8, 2014 | Faith, Family, Grace, Marriage, Mothering, Truth-telling
It’s late at night for me to think about writing, let alone do it, but when Lala tells me flat out that she doesn’t plan to sleep in tomorrow morning, and I start feeling itchy with all I haven’t written, the thoughts in my head mingling with the...
by Ashley Larkin | May 12, 2014 | Faith, Family, Hope, Mothering, One Word: Seek, Open endings, Perspective
I reach into the laundry basket of clean clothes that’s been sitting here for the last four days, pull out the boxer shorts and see again the identical gray and black checked pairs and wonder how I didn’t notice that I was buying two that were exactly the...
by Ashley Larkin | Mar 29, 2014 | Amusings, Family, Joy, Love, Marriage, Mothering, Perspective, Trust
1. Roller skating makes me feel crazy alive. I can roll and roll and roll around a circle (oval?) with my limited skill in the midst of some of my favorite people and a man flourishing a white towel with every epic twirl, and never tire. I cannot explain why...
by Ashley Larkin | Mar 25, 2014 | Family, Just Write, Love, Mothering, Open endings, Sorrow
She pads into our room at dark o’clock and tugs on my shirt. “I had a bad dream, but I don’t want to talk about it,” Lala says blankly, reciting the script as if by memory. Even in the middle of the night, I recognize...
by Ashley Larkin | Mar 12, 2014 | Celebration, Community, Family, Grace, Gratitude, Joy, Love, Poetry
In her treehouse the light pours across the cut camellias and mug of peppermint tea, steam tendrils rising against a periwinkle sky The ancient typewriter sits on the shelf keeping guard over all the books, so many words drawn in wise tenderness by writers before She...
by Ashley Larkin | Feb 12, 2014 | Family, Favorite posts, Love, Marriage
Dear Michael,Do you remember that night when you said something totally unromantic in answer to one of my dreamy-eyed questions?You might be thinking, which time? This one, honey: We were engaged, and I asked what you most looked forward to about finally marrying and...
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