Dear Person in Recovery, I do not understand. I promise to try. The tears I’ve cried for you can not be measured. I know you have cried more. The pain I’ve felt because of your […]
Tag: Family
Cry Out
Nausea. Mouth sweats and that hollow feeling in my stomach…am I going to heave or begin body convulsing sobs. Hours spent between sleeping and waking. Obsess. That is the aftermath of extreme parenting shame and regret for […]
A Smart Woman & A Lucky Man: Bob & Linda Siplon Celebrate 50 Years of Marriage
March 16, 1967 is a day of significance in our family. Or should it be January 22? What about January 30, 1967? Maybe it’s every day my parents have made the choice to uphold promises and […]
September Series: What Makes a Woman Be{YOU}tiful? Jelly Bean Journals Guest Blog
First off, hello to all The Tall Mom fans! I love this blog as much as you do and it’s an extreme honor to be a guest blogger! As you already know, The Tall Mom […]
Lighting Up The Darkness
“Hope is being able to see there is light despite all of the darkness.” –Desmond Tutu I’ve struggled to identify what exactly it is I want to say in this post. It’s not due to […]
For My Son
Words of true wisdom and quintessential truth resound in our minds and hearts long after they’ve been said. So many of the quotes I’ve read in the last day, credited to Reverend Martin Luther King […]
10 Songs for Carol Haters Like Me
I’m not, in general, a hater. Even genres that aren’t my cup of tea – thrash metal, crunk, and chicano, for example, I can appreciate in careful moderation. The thing is, I’m not forced to […]
Secrets
It’s the time of year for secrets and I’ve been keeping them lately. For me, the person who wears her heart on her sleeve and pours her thoughts into thousand word blog posts, this keeping […]
Giving my thanks…
This post has been brewing in my subconscious…and in my heart for the last several days. I kept getting nudges about it…when I was driving…before I went to bed…whenever I let myself be quiet. For […]
