by Joanne | Jul 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
You look at this picture & you see the beautiful face of a one year old in her princess pajama top looking at you with a whistle in her mouth. Not so bad. Right? Wrong! Her fixation on whistles started months ago, while she was yet in her walker. She discovered...
by Joanne | Jun 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
{Five Minute Friday….here’s how it works. One prompt. Five minutes. Write unedited. Link up with others. Sheer joy & fun too!} In Between. Those are the words that form this week’s prompt. Weird as it is two words & not one. I know what it is...
by Joanne | Jun 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
Rhythm. I am embarrassed to admit that it took several tries to even spell the word correctly. Even in spelling it, rhythm does not come easily. It comes with a struggle, even for a person know for being a good speller. But then that is the way rhythm is most days....
by Joanne | Jun 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Listen…. I listen to so many things all day long. The voices of children. Calliou. Sophia the First. SPORTS. Hockey in particular of late 🙂 The sounds of cars going by in the street. The laughter of children. The trash getting collected from the curb. Lawn...
by Joanne | Jun 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
Fall. We so want you to walk. You so desire to walk. You do not want your little hands to have to hold on to a bigger set of hands. You want to do it on your own. So we watch you & our hearts are in our mouths. We watch out for the corners of furniture. We put our...
by Joanne | Jun 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
Dear Weary Mom – It really was not supposed to end up like this. None of it. You are a true blue woman. A till death due us part sort of woman. So to say this is the hardest thing that you have waded through is an understatement. Being a single mom was never...