by Ashley Larkin | Feb 24, 2017 | Five Minute Friday, Perspective
every day i wake slow, gone the days of feet to floor with grand plans these are the days of ordinary and first things, a need for quiet i shuffle downstairs in my cozy wrap and wool slippers, our bed quilt thrown across my arm i start the day with two cups of french...
by Ashley Larkin | Feb 10, 2017 | Faith, Five Minute Friday, Love, Mothering
Every pulse of my being desires to keep her safe. Draw her up close and not let go. Surround her with covers and the tenderness of my mama arms, stroking her tired head, rubbing her sore tummy in circles. I am still drunk on coziness, the wonder of stories read on...
by Ashley Larkin | Nov 4, 2016 | Five Minute Friday, Poetry
certainty is not our promise, rather knowing God is leading us somewhere, and it is good I say I believe, but do actions show otherwise, as I pull out a compass in disappointed frustration, an exasperated now what? trusting more in the fact that I’m owed...
by Ashley Larkin | Sep 30, 2016 | Five Minute Friday, Gratitude, Joy, Mothering
We are on the third (or maybe fourth) leg of our afternoon school pick-up, which means “Lala,” Clementine and I have been sitting in the minivan for a while now. Big sister “J” should arrive any moment with her middle school carpool. From our...
by Ashley Larkin | Sep 16, 2016 | Faith, Five Minute Friday
The very lilt of listen implies peace and comfort, deep breaths in and out, but don’t be fooled: Listening is risky. Yes, you might hear, be still, child. Or maybe just as likely, do that scary thing. Or fold that laundry. Or stop and look in her eyes. Hear what...
by Ashley Larkin | Sep 9, 2016 | Five Minute Friday, Redemption
I’ve known thousands of ways to heal. Through painted fingernails and facial scrubs, smiles in the mirror, long hugs and hot tears, karaoke and dance, scary risks and laughing hard and loud. Through letting the true me come out, in receiving her right where she...
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