They Don’t Make A Card For That

Not one of these say thank you for: Being there sometimes For abandoning me when the only thing I need was a parent For my 7 years in foster care Visiting me when you didn’t have better things to do Putting your wants before your children’s needs Looking out for Number One For making us number 2, 3, and 4 Occasionally sacrificing a little, as long as it was not too inconvenient, or make you too uncomfortable Nope, not one of them…I know, I checked....

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The Real Mommy War

While we are all getting ready for this Mothers’ Day weekend and debate what makes one and who is a “real” mother, who we may or may not honor, what qualifies one as “The Bestest Mommy EVER!” Let us not forget that across this very country thousands of kids will wake up this Sunday in institutions and in the homes of strangers, and the recipients of their homemade mothers’ day cards and presents will be those temporary guardians or no one at all. I am with Kristen on this one:   When it comes to issues of motherhood, there is one issue I care about: some kids don’t have one. All of these petty wars about the choices of capable,...

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Life in the Grateful House: Honest

Life in the Grateful House: Honest Please go read this very brave and insightful post by Lisa, whom I am privileged to be able to count among my frien...

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The Story Of (not that) Jesus

I read this personal narrative by Jesus Montes (16 years old) over at Cindy’s blog Saturday morning, over breakfast…and since Saturday, been at a loss for words. Please go read it! I mean it PLEASE GO READ IT! For 10 years Jesus has been able to wake up in the same bed every morning. For 10 years Jesus has not been hungry. For 10 years Jesus has been able to have a school, a community and an advocate. 10 years in the same place is huge, for those of us how have had to stuff everything we own into trash bags and move on time and time again…we know. The fact is that there will always be kids like Jesus…Always. And those kids we need to continue to speak up, for those kids we need to fight for openness and honesty, for those kids we need to tell our stories. We owe it to them. And whether...

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