Category Archives: Mama HeartFeeling Small and Loved on My BirthdayI spent last night with four ladies who have lived through both World Wars and everything else since before there wereView full post » What To Do If Mother’s Day at Church Left You HurtingDid your newly grieving or waiting mama heart brave all the happy families this Mother’s Day? Or did pain fromView full post » The biggest mistake I made this Advent…“In John 3:16, Jesus teaches us that the God who exists loves. Let that sink in. The God who absolutely is.View full post » When you became my daughter…Daughter, I felt so awkward. I had never before had a daughter, and I didn’t know how to do this newView full post » How could I have known?A year ago when I would see mothers posting first birthday photos and telling of teary eyes and time moving too fast,View full post » A world without Octobers…I have lived seven years in a world without Octobers. I should say I have lived in this place without Octobers,View full post » For all the posts I never wrote about my first daughterThis is the post for all the posts I never wrote about you. My other daughter. My Blessing. You spent the majority ofView full post » I did what I never wanted to do again, and this is what I learned from it…After a month of living in what felt like victorious grace, I yelled at my firstborn son. It began as these thingsView full post » For the love of a good storyDaughter, You were just a hope last October. You were curled up inside me, dancing unseen, and your hiccups were myView full post » I haven’t yelled at my kids in three weeks and this is what I have learned…Before I made this commitment to not raise my voice for one year, I was not living a life of congruence, and I stillView full post » Gently and Quietly – an impossible project is bornI have been delaying writing this post for some time now. First I knew I needed to do something, but wasn’t sureView full post » When you wonder what you’re doing…I help him pack his lunch, lay out his new uniform and tie his cap on tight. It is the first day for him to follow inView full post » When a summer day comes crashing down…The notification pops up in my email… A claim for an automobile accident on our insurance. I was in aView full post » What to do when time won’t slow downWhen a babe is born, time alters. We count it in days and then weeks instead of months and years. There is eating andView full post » Silent NightI have been quiet lately. I have still taught my children, talked to acquaintances, worked, laughed and argued with myView full post » The ConquererHe tells me “I’m Arthur King, and you’re mine princess.” I have beenView full post » VIGIL“How do we learn to see in the dark? It begins with a vow of watchfulness. By standing still – weView full post » The Ride“Would you go to heaven? There is a sign you must stand beside where the man with the cigarette takes theView full post » “One True Sentence”My friends loaned me a documentary of Sally Mann to watch. It had life, death and some nakedness in it. IView full post » A MiracleThe words come first this time. I did not love my husband. I toyed with the wording inside my mind, trying toView full post » 11 Years“that is the only purpose grand enough for a human life. Not just to love but to persist in love.” View full post » IN OVER MY HEADI didn’t want to know the ocean I didn’t think I had the strength for it’s uncertainty,View full post » making the best of itWe have a tiny yard, at the home we don’t own, that we live in, right by the beach. It has a chain linkView full post » The Buzzie’s RoomI have been feeling a bit stuck recently. I want so badly to make images of the quality other artistsView full post » |
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