Wordless Wednesday…Kissin’ Cousins

Posted on May 12, 2010 by thisnest

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Thank You, Mama

Posted on May 9, 2010 by thisnest

My child, he cries with anticipation as I take him to my breast to satisfy his hunger with my own body…and I think of you holding me close, feeding me with yourself, before I grew up and became a mother.

My child, she looks up at me with desperate, watery eyes as I kiss the little knee she just scraped on the sidewalk…and I think of you taking my pain away with one, simple kiss before I grew up and became a mother.

My children, I tuck them all in bed at night and I pray over each that God will send His angels to perch, through the darkness, at the heads of their beds…and I think of you pulling the blanket over my fragile body, and summoning the angels for me before I grew up and became a mother.

My beautiful sons and daughters, I look at them, and I love them, and I am in awe of the pure miracle of their presence…and I think of you, with the reflection of your children in your eyes, doing the same…and I thank you for teaching me to grow up and become a mother.

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Wordless Wednesday…”Hey, Big Brother.”

Posted on May 5, 2010 by thisnest

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My (Big) Little Man

Posted on May 4, 2010 by thisnest

There is not one ounce, not one cell, of me that can believe my Baby Boy is ten months old today!  He is walking everywhere, trying his hardest to run on those stubby, fat legs…doesn’t even crawl anymore…boo hoo, sob sob.  He’s got five, precious, little, rice lookin’ teeth and to accompany those – the most infectiously funny grin you ever saw!  He’s developing this crazy, huge personality…so calm and happy UNLESS he doesn’t get his way. In that instance, well, let’s just say – he’s discovered all the perks a cute, fiery, little temper will get him! 

He is so sunny, so funny, such a joy, such a boy, so happy, cept when he’s crappy…OK, I’ll stop…I just love, love, love him!  A big shout out to my Father in heaven for lending me such a gift…Thanks God, I’ll do my best not to disappoint You. 

Now, I must go…I have a fat, ten month old neck to snuggle into and sniff. I have some juicy, ten month old lips and cheeks to kiss, kiss, kiss. I have to be silly enough to get a precious, ten month old belly laugh out of one of the most beautiful, ten month old smiles I have ever seen.

I am so grateful.

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Dear Grandma…4/29/10

Posted on April 30, 2010 by thisnest


I found a piece of you last night…a piece of you I didn’t expect to come across, and it tore sharply at my heart.  I was getting ready for bed and, as I dried my freshly washed face on a towel behind the door, my gaze drifted slightly to the right toward some of your bead necklaces that are also hanging back there. I didn’t prompt my arm but before I knew what was happening, it was carrying my hand toward your beads. I didn’t prompt my hand but before I could stop, it carried my fingers and they wrapped themselves around the necklaces. I didn’t prompt my fingers either, as they quickly carried those familiar pieces toward my face.

I inhaled…a long, deep breath…and there you were, Grandma. That same, familiar scent…sweet, subtle but still strong…you. It hurt me, I wasn’t expecting it, but still I was so happy to experience it again. I desperately grabbed and inhaled again…nothing. Damn it!  Again I tried…nothing. I made the same, desperate attempt about five more times, finally (but faintly) finding you one last time before I broke down and began crying. I looked for you there again this morning…you weren’t there. I miss you…

Since you’ve been gone, the world around me continues to rush by…Tony is growing like a weed, I think he’s a little bigger every morning. Devaney moved up from an A cup to a B cup. Destiny began basketball practice. D’Lo is going potty on the pot pot. A’D, well, he is walking now. I wish I would have done a better job sharing these things with you while you were still here…I’m so sorry, Grandma. I love you…

I’ll write again soon.

Love, your very first granddaughter,

Donna Kay

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