Category Archives: FAMILY

A Variety Of Posts Relating To Our Lives

My Child

My child. I grew you. I knew you with all of my thirty trillion cells. Before yours only numbered two.  And despite differences in our consciousness and size. My own life I would give for you.  My child. I knew … Continue reading

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The Hardest Part

And I discovered That their worlds keep moving. It doesn’t matter that the echo of their high-pitched and pure laughter still bounces off the walls of my memory. That the pitter-patter of their small cherub feet still resonates along the … Continue reading

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UNTOUCHABLE

Hi. It’s been awhile, I know. Life. It’s hard sometimes. I mean, always good…but sometimes really hard. I feel I owe an apology to anyone who follows the happenings of This Nest, who have possibly been led to interpret our … Continue reading

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I Want To Grow Old With You

I was looking at him yesterday. He was talking about something, I don’t clearly remember what, because I was too busy looking at him to really listen. His eyes were sparkling in their majestic brown way. His high cheek bones were … Continue reading

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Just A Few Reasons Why I Love My Mom

Because there was never a shortage of hugs and kisses. Because she loved me gently, even when I screamed for two straight days on the Greyhound bus with a raw-butt-rash-allergic-reaction to disposable diapers. Because she made me believe that the whole … Continue reading

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