When I was 14, I met a boy on a cruise. His name was Dustin. Two ravishing days were spent galavanting around the Lido deck. A dusty photo album of the entire trip probably holds a single image of this guy, but that was the extent of that saga. Although said guy did not meet … Continue reading Last Night’s Supper
Home is seeing Kyle flip pancakes on Saturday mornings. Home is feeling my blue and white pajama pants. Home is the softness of my flannel shirt. Home is watering my plants. Home is J playing with my hair before he falls asleep. Home is hearing voices say sorry Charlie after someone accidentally steps on his … Continue reading Home is…
Between March of 2020 and October of 2022, we moved 4 times. Our beautiful historic home built in 1912 sold so quickly that we jumped into a rental before finding and moving into the house I thought we’d stay in forever. Then life went crazy, and we quite hurriedly moved a couple hours away, jumped … Continue reading How We Carry It
My name is Brooke, I am a recovering night owl. For the past two years I have developed better sleeping patterns than what had been in place for the previous 15, but lately I’ve been throwing that practice to the wild dogs. A few months ago Kyle said, “you just enjoy being engaged with the … Continue reading Waste Time Wisely
On the rare occasion that I consume coffee, it’s never earlier than 8:45 p.m. Of course this then sparks my intrigue for everything random and slumber does not arrive until well after 3:00 a.m. Four loads of laundry are folded, the t-shirt quilt I started 10 years ago is finished, the chaos of the laundry … Continue reading It’s Even Better
Me: “WE DID IT!!” Kyle: “What did we do?” Me: “Guess!” Kyle: “Made it through summer?” Me: Yesss!!! I know some of you who read this blog are not from Oklahoma, but it’s hot. It’s miserably hot. One day this summer, I got into my vehicle and the car told me it was120 degrees. Every … Continue reading He did it!
I’m not even going to pretend that my youngest child hasn’t been treated differently than his three older siblings. The thing with babies of the family is that they don’t have another small human stealing their mother’s attention. Unlike the others, he was the only one that shared any stint of time being the only … Continue reading Walk Brave
Oh baby baby how was I supposed to know… Let’s hear it for the boy. Let’s here it for my baby… If you say go, we will go. If you say wait, we will wait… To break every chain, break every chain, break every chain… Maybe you were transported back to your youth for the … Continue reading It Is Well
There’s something about rain and a porch and an empty screen that brings me a little extra joy..even when I don’t have anything specific to say. The past two months have been defined by change and I have not sat down to write since June 19th…which is quite weird for me. You’re welcome for the … Continue reading Immeasurably More
It was the phrase “R & R get in the van!” (in reference to Richard and Robert) that got me. I flipped straight to the last twenty pages of the book because I could no longer take it, found out everyone died, said “urgh” when I read the last sentence, and then prayed because I … Continue reading Day 4
