May 28, 2024 The Sunny Side She knows! Although so many things don’t make sense to her anymore, she understands that I am preparing to say goodbye. This breaks my heart.
May 24, 2024 Soaring With Mom (This month I have been “remembering backwards” in honor of my dear mama, Mary Araujo. Maybe I should wrap things up? Or maybe there’s…
May 24, 2024 Nothing “All men are like grass, and their glory is like the flowers of the field” (Isaiah 40:6 NIV). None of my efforts, in my…
May 17, 2024 Finally Each Friday I receive a challenge. Write on a single word prompt for 5 minutes. Today, my word is Finally. When my four children…
May 15, 2024 Gardening with Mom My mom was a gardener, but not only of plants. She planted seeds wherever she went: seeds of kindness, seeds of love, seeds of…
May 13, 2024 Mother’s Day Delight This is the third post in my “Remembering Backwards” series. On Mother’s Day, I remember my mom. I might have been 27, a young…
May 8, 2024 Waning With Mom I see the moon and the moon sees me the moon sees the one that I long to see so God bless the moon…
May 6, 2024 Remembering Backwards The month of May will always make me stop and reflect on my dear mama, Mary Agnes Michaelis Araujo. She went from this life…
May 3, 2024 Some (Days) Some days are singing days. Some days are simple, silent and still. Cerulean skies still my mind. Simplicity smiles with a sigh. Some days…