Abundant Life In the Making

Falling Into Me

aimee — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:26:32 +0000

I found this phrase, “girl falling into woman“, in one of my college journals. At the time I was in between. Not a girl-child and not ready to own the title woman. College was a comfortable place between identities. Still a student, I hadn’t entered that thing people kept warning me about called “real life”. I [...]

I take in strays-of a particular kind

aimee — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:17:18 +0000

I never knew I would be that kind of person. Born without the ability to resist a small unclaimed soul, no matter the found state. With a family of six in a small-ish house, where am I going to put them all? I only worry about that later though, not in the discovery moment, not [...]

Safe Skin

aimee — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:23:07 +0000

I like to put my safe skin on first thing in the morning before anything can happen. Before I shout at a child and see their hurt face, before I think about people close to me sick and whether they’ll make it, before I call a friend to get together and they disappoint me and [...]

Record Breaker

aimee — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 05:58:35 +0000

One missing tooth is cause for celebration, Two missing teeth is a record at our house, Three missing teeth and we told her to make sure she didn’t knock out any more to get another dollar in the same week!

Fueling the Dream Without Quenching the Fire

aimee — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:47:55 +0000

The background noise fell mute, her smile and easy laugh turned up, she adjusted slightly in the chair. Putting her head down for a minute, a deep inhale and exhale, and her eyes swung toward me, the audience, “Catching Walter Cuuningham in the schoolyard gave me some pleasure…”, I watched my daughter as she began [...]

It Was Closer Than We Thought

aimee — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:23:35 +0000

Well, after my post lamenting the loss of summer before it had even begun for our family, it found us. In our own backyard. We found the sun… We found the land of Narnia in the leftover puddles from the sprinkler… We found a lot of smiles... Popsicles in the shade…. Look alike sisters…. And Mama found reading… (I always was better [...]

When I find Summer, I’ll Let You Know

aimee — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 03:08:08 +0000

It seems I’m being pulled into summer still wondering how I missed Spring completely. I’m sitting outside at the moment, the wet heat a telling sign that a new season has settled into the air and under skin. I fussed all winter about the cold, sunless days, the thin hope that eventually a cool 60’s [...]

Midnight Ramblings Injected with Real Thoughts

aimee — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:31:36 +0000

The subject of homeschooling can really stir the hornet’s nest when it pops up in conversation. The homeschool moms, understandably, have chosen their path for very specfic reasons and are living them out daily with a heavy dose of blessing and trial and they are going to talk about it with passion. The public and [...]

A Little Dramatic Flair

aimee — Fri, 28 May 2010 03:36:34 +0000

Our girl scout troop really knows how to celebrate…here’s the pre-show

Spoken Like the First-Born

aimee — Tue, 11 May 2010 01:25:33 +0000

“Mommy, I’m so good at working out problems between people, maybe I should be a lawyer when I grow up.” She’s right, she’s the official peacemaker of the siblings.