Tag Archives: Love
PICK ONE?
Today I was talking to someone I love about how maybe just maybe we all have a bit more in common than we think. Maybe if we paid a little less attention to all those signs and labels Maybe if we were just a little less black and white We’d find ourselves slightly less turned [...]
Posted in Finding, Heart Things, Junking, Wise Things, Wondering Also tagged church, Peace, religion, signs 1 Comment
I DO
The other day I realized that, deep down, some part of me has imagined that one day some certain magic person would arrive in my life and stand confidently before me and declare a few ridiculously beautiful things, like: “Hey, Julie, I love you. Yep. I do. I love everything about you. Even when you [...]
NONSTOP SMILES
Nine | Nine | Ninety | Nine That was the day that R-boy was born, twelve short years ago yesterday. Every single day since then, this bundle of life love laughter hugs punches punchlines perpetual motion questions observations insights random interesting facts compassion tenderness courage confidence humor and long, extraordinarily bendable limbs has found a way to make [...]
Posted in Celebrating, Chuckling, Fun Things, Kid Things, Parenting, Raving Also tagged birthday, R-boy 1 Comment
HARD TIMES
It’s one of those seasons when my email/voicemail/phone/texts bring me wave after wave of news that pushes past the edge of “everything’s fine.” Some of these waves have bathed my friends with refreshing hope. Others have swamped them in struggle. A few are lapping at toes. Threatening. A baby is born; unspeakable joy. A loved [...]
MUSIC TO MY EARS
On a hot evening in July fifteen years ago today I heard three words that changed my life in all the very, very best ways. It’s a girl! It was R-girl. And it was the start of something lovely crazy amazing. Happy birthday, sweet pea. You are… incredible. I savor every moment I get to hear [...]
Posted in Beautiful Things, Celebrating, Fun Things, Kid Things, Parenting, Raving, Remembering Also tagged birthday, Music, R-girl 1 Comment
LOVE AFTER LOVE
Last week a poem arrived in my inbox that, well, let’s just say it stuck. Deep, and sweet, and with a sliver of hope. Mind if I share? Love after Love by Derek Walcott The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror, and [...]
Posted in Beautiful Things, Creating, Growing, Healing, Wise Things, Wording Also tagged Art, Poems 4 Comments
SWEET HEARTS
This past school year, I got to spend part of my Friday mornings with some pretty unforgettable third graders. Unforgettable because some of these kids have faced challenges that I may never actually be able to wrap my brain around. Most of them were born without many of the privileges that were somehow just handed [...]
LIFE, LOVE, AND LUCKY ME
Whatever life throws my way, one thing is still true. At the end of the day, there is love. Very lucky me. by julie rybarczyk
LOVE