Tag: sons

• Unstoppable Strength

  

  I just received the news from a dear friend…his mother has passed. From what I heard, an angel on earth, full of spunk, love, and a great sense of humor, has left us. I never had the honor of meeting her, but I sure enjoyed the stories of her strength, and contagiously joyful spirit. She […]

  Melissa

  August 4, 2020

  Uncategorized

  being there, cancer, caring, changes, daughters, death, disease, divorce, encouragement, family, friends, friendship, grief, home, inspiration, joy, life, losing a mother, losing a parent, loss, men, middle age, motherhood, mothers, pain, relationships, sons, storms of life, strength, struggles

• Let’s Talk

  

  I. Am. Tired. It isn’t from lack of sleep, or the one million loads of laundry I just completed. It is from love. The love I dispense on a daily basis is beautiful and exhausting. Each day as I sit to write, my heart tells me who to encourage. I have some unusual categories in […]

  Melissa

  September 24, 2019

  Uncategorized

  blogging, changes, children, daughters, encouragement, family, feelings, growing up, high school, home, inspiration, life, memories, middle age, mom, mommy, moms, motherhood, raising children, raising teenagers, raising teens, relationships, single dad, single mom, single parenting, sons, thoughts, women, working mom, working mother, writing

• Dirty Drinkware

  My son looks like a perfect angel to me as I watch him sleep on the couch this morning. Fifteen years old, his chiseled facial features look flawless as he lays there with his eyes closed. I smile and my heart breaks a little as I catch a glimpse of unruly, random whiskers sticking out […]

  Melissa

  April 9, 2019

  Aprons, nostalgia

  adolescence, children, chores, discipline, fatherhood, inspiration, laughter, love, memoroies, mom, mommy, motherhood, parenthood, raising children, sentimental, single dad, single mom, single parenting, sons, teenage boys, teenagers