Too often these last few weeks, my thoughts have meandered away from the task at hand and flitted towards wondering how long it will take the authorities to find my errant daughter. Last Friday though, my first thought as I woke was of my son; my eldest child. On that day 28 years ago, […]
It is a well-known fact in my family that I rarely go to my Facebook page so to “friend” or “unfriend” me is rather a moot point. Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and all that…I am completely clueless how that all works. Come to think of it, I really am rather social media challenged.
I bring this […]
As I type this, I am taking a shuttle bus from my hometown to the airport to fly back home. For months now, my siblings and I have been making trips to my parents’ home, going through closets and drawers, cleaning, sorting and taking family memorabilia back to our respective homes. These trips have […]
I wrote this a couple of weeks ago…
It’s March. Signs of Spring are wafting in on warm breezes, are seen in early flowers blooming in pastel shades in the increasingly warmer days and are heard in the chirping of birds busily building nests in preparation for arriving broods…and my daughter is on the run. […]
I have thought that I would have a pretty good idea of the kinds of trouble my daughter has likely to have gotten into in the 2 years since she left our state. I have recently been brought “up to speed” by someone who has known her for much of that time. She […]
Our family has been dealing with my daughter’s dysfunctional behavior for a decade now, since her 6th grade year.
I started weaving my grief quilt that summer after 6th grade. That first quilt square was really more of worry than of grief. There were a few dark threads of concern but most of […]
Last month, in mid-January, my daughter delivered a third baby girl out of wedlock. I got to hold this new baby two days after she was born and despite the circumstances, fell head over heels in love with her.
The couple that adopted my daughter’s second baby is adopting this new baby however because […]
My mom’s spirit soared up to heaven in the early morning hours this past Sunday, October 25th. As my sister and I sat in the hospice room and watched her take her last breath, in my mind’s eye I could picture an angel coming down to escort my mom to eternity.
When I last wrote […]
Tomorrow, the day after Labor Day, may be a day my daughter remembers forever as the day her life painfully, irretrievably altered. Or not. My daughter has a court date tomorrow. As this is her third court case, I expect that the consequences this time could be severe. On the other hand, she has […]
The photo above, taken by Children’s photographer Anna Bricova, beautifully captures the precious innocence of a newborn baby and the delightful pink gauzy anticipation first time parents have of looking ahead to raising their new daughter, whether through birth or by adoption. I remember gazing in wonder at my 4 month old daughter as […]
