motherhood, writing, #hi

File this under "meaning to". Also filed under "but didn't".

motherhood, beauty, Girl's Life

"I don't want people to say I'm beautiful."

"Mommy, stay. Because you're the best mommy." She needed a partner in crime for the pouring. Today, she found one.

motherhood, toddlerhood, mess

I need to do mess better.

motherhood, Art, Beginnings

There is freedom in being a complete beginner and in saying I have no idea what I'm doing.

motherhood

"I don't want to play with you." And there it is. Her unexpressed anger and sadness. In my head, I understand it; in my heart, it's a knife, twisted.

motherhood, pregnancy, limbo

"Is it three weeks yet?" I'd told her that Baby Brother was coming in three weeks, three weeks ago. He was due. He was overdue.

Journal, Art

Painting, reading.

Discontent, Mid-life

There are sentences I know I would never, could never, write. Reading high-end shelter mags, feeling twangs of pen envy.