Baby Girl, Twelve years ago today a Big Bad Thing happened. It will be years before your parents tell you about it and many more years before you’ll begin to understand it. I hope you never experience anything like we did 12 years ago. But I can’t keep bad things from happening, I can’t keepContinue reading “baby blanket progress (a note to baby girl)”
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crazy in love: dangerous behavior from fictional men
A man repeatedly tries to get you to go somewhere after you’ve said no. He holds you against your will, and insists he is in a relationship with you and he’s just trying to take care of you. Just when you think you’ve gotten rid of him, he shows up again, to tell you againContinue reading “crazy in love: dangerous behavior from fictional men”
i carry your heart with me (embroidery no. 9 and happy mother’s day)
This one is for my mom. Most of you are familiar with this E. E. Cummings love poem, but I believe this particular line can speak to many kinds of love. I don’t live near my mom. My parents are in Atlanta where today I believe they are going on a motorcycle ride in theContinue reading “i carry your heart with me (embroidery no. 9 and happy mother’s day)”