Category Archives: MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS

My Personal Voice Related and/or Unrelated To This Nest.

UNTOUCHABLE

Posted on March 18, 2016 by thisnest

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 →

Posted in A SPARROW'S HEART, FAMILY, MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

I Want To Grow Old With You

Posted on May 18, 2014 by thisnest

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 →

Posted in FAMILY, MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Just A Few Reasons Why I Love My Mom

Posted on May 11, 2014 by thisnest

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 →

Posted in FAMILY, MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Pissed Off

Posted on March 3, 2014 by thisnest

  Our children are asleep. All five of them – sleeping under our roof. Together. Here. Tomorrow will be different. Our roof will cover but four of them…and one will be several hundred miles away. Away. Away from me. Away … Continue reading →

Posted in FAMILY, MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Three Days

Posted on January 21, 2014 by thisnest

I laid in bed with the boys last night. I cuddled them to sleep and, after they had made their departures to dreamland, I tenderly kissed their sleeping faces and hands. After a three day weekend, out of town enjoying … Continue reading →

Posted in MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS | Tagged , , | Leave a comment