From Rivals to Co-Parents
The Man I Was: “You’ve been served!” I could only imagine the look on my soon-to-be ex-wife’s face when the processor served her divorce papers at work, that Spring day…
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How Not to Create Weak, Immoral Children
I met her on an airplane flying First Class. She showed me how she covered her Louis Vuitton in a cloth bag to keep it from getting dirty on the…
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Cultivating Creative Children in a Technical World
Momma dumped the box out onto the kitchen table. “Have at it,” she said. My eyes widened at the pile of trash, before turning to my sister, Tricia, who shrugged…
Read More Meet Prem Adams
Prem Adams Contributing Writer Prem left the world of marketing to be a stay- at-home mom to now three daughters, ages six, four, and one. She is happily married to…
Read More We’re Not Created Equal
I’d always vowed I’d never marry someone who thought I should be subservient. I wanted to be equal with my spouse. I didn’t want to do all the duties traditionally…
Read More If the Chestnut Tree Could Talk Week 4:
Over the last three weeks, we have been letting the Chestnut Tree speak to us. If you have missed any of the valuable lessons in my previous posts, you…
Read More If Chestnut Trees Could Talk Week 3
Many times when you plant a young tree you stake and tie it, so it has a support system for growth, but a Chestnut Tree shouldn’t be staked and…
Read More Out of the Boat
Out of the Boat The day I posted my painting to social media and titled it “Out of the Boat.” I neglected to share what inspired me to paint it.…
Read More Shades of Skin
“Momma if we end up in a race war whose side are we on?” His large dark eyes peered up at me. Eyes inherited from his paternal grandfather. His brown…
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Feeding the Artist
Sometimes inspiration hits me in the shower. I will see a face on the glass door as the water droplets fall. I draw the face in with my finger. I’ll…
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The Man in the Stilettos
“We’ll call ourselves ‘Starfish Sisters’.” My friend Heather said over lunch. “You know after the Starfish story.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uytlJ8urv4I (Click the link for the starfish story.) That was how it began,…
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The Gene Pool
Since Tricia passed away, and my days are consumed with caring for Isabella, memories of our childhood, seem to find their way into my thoughts. A time when Brandon, Tricia,…
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Motherhood is Not For Wimps!
Motherhood is not for wimps! Last weekend, we had a baby shower for my sister-in-law Prem. There are four babies on the way into the Adams/ Hodge family, and as…
Read More Sometimes God sends a Pig
In the hall, she laid heavy and limp on the tile floor, illuminated only by the light spilling from the bathroom. That is where the children found her. I was…
Read More A Story from India
A few nights ago, I played old hymns on the piano as my boys nestled into bed. As I played, each song brought a memory to mind. Some of them,…
Read More The Ladder of Hope
Image via Wikipedia “Am I going to die?” His eyes filled with fear, as he searched those of the first responder. “Yes, you are,” the firefighter said. “So, you better…
Read More To Be the Man He’s Made to Be.
He tried on the bright green hideous looking camouflage boots, and walked around the Bass Pro in a circle. I cringed, not wanting my son to…
Read More The Pinch of the Collar
In late January we adopted a large dog and named him Bear. He was fresh off the Puppy Pipeline Van, and we knew nothing about him, except he was a…
Read More The Desert
Image via Wikipedia When I was young, the moon shined through our frosted bathroom window, and created a cross. On the throne, I believed God sent me a sign,…
Read More Getting Over the Willies!
Image via Wikipedia After schooling, Christian often wants to go fishing. Recently, instead of fishing in the retention pond, we’ve started fishing behind a friend’s house, who lives on a…
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