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"We are not put on this earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are always there for others, then in time of need, someone will be there for you.
-- Jeff Warner"What I want to say to you is that sometimes life catches you by surprise and you feel unequipped to handle what it brings you, but every bit of life you've lived before that moment equips you to live through it. That's what I would give to you."
-Fanni Victoria Green-Lemons (talking to her daughter)If there is any secret to this life I live, this is it: the sound of what cannot be seen sings within everything that can, there is nothing more to it than that.
"The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one."
-Jill Churchhill
Author Archives: tricialc
Self preservation
I have always prided myself on my sense of self preservation. That looks dangerous? A quick risk assessment will tell me if its worth it or not and I proceed. I have made it to nearly 32 years old with … Continue reading
Unsubscribe
Every morning when I wake up, I slip on my glasses and pick up my cell phone. I look at Facebook and my e-mail before I even get out of bed. It has become part of my wake up process. … Continue reading
Run
Last week I ventured into the local public library for the first time in months. I owed them money from a book that I lost and no library needs seemed so important that I was ready to go in and … Continue reading
Car conversations with the Coobs family…
Me: girls, what do you think you want to be when you grow up? Leila: A singer! Thea: a lion! Leila:Thea, you still have to be a person! Thea: umm….ok…a crocodile!
Leila funny
After driving through Manchester, IA where a cemetery flanks the road on both sides, “Oh Daddy! I just saw a great place to put some more dead people!”
Confession
Forgive me internet, for I have sinned. It has been two months since my last post and these are my updates: Leila turned 6. She even had her first big kid birthday party at a local gym with a dozen … Continue reading
She Left Proof
A friend posted this on Facebook today, and it struck me, as I am sure it strikes a lot of other women. Just this weekend I was walking around outside with my girls after chatting with some neighbors. I noticed that the grassy field at the end of our street was covered with dandelions that had gone to see
One recent night I found myself lying in bed with the familiar feeling of anxiety washing over me. My heart raced, and even as I closed my eyes and breathed deeply I could feel the lump creep up and into my throat. This … Continue reading
Thea Dalene
You would probably expect this to be about her birthday, which was last week. You would be wrong. But that just means that there is a second Thea post to come in the fairly near future. Instead this is about … Continue reading
Jumping Daisy 