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Oct 10, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 13 Comments

When I think of home–I don’t think as much about place–as I do about feel. What does being at home in my mind feel like? For me it boils down […]

Filed Under: Memories Tagged With: childhood, Home, Love, memories, Safety

Attitude: Perspective Day 16

Feb 16, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 8 Comments

Noelle Pikus-Pace. Wow. Just wow. In the note she wrote to herself that read: “This is it. Don’t get scared now.” followed by a smiley face, Noelle Pikus-Pace set the […]

Filed Under: Healing from Trauma, Marriage, Memories Tagged With: Grief, Healing, Love, Noelle Pikus-Place, Olympics

Drive by Lunch

Nov 17, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 2 Comments

“I never look at the masses as my responsibility. I look at the individual. I can love only one person at a time. I can feed only one person at […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo13, On being a parent Tagged With: homelessness, hunger, Love, NaBloPoMo13, Thankful, Thanksgiving

The Fragility of it All

Nov 15, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 16 Comments

I’ll take your part When darkness comes And pain is all around Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down Like a bridge over troubled water I […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo13, On being a parent Tagged With: community, Love, nablopomo

Sunrise, Music and the Day Ahead

Nov 10, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 6 Comments

Watching the sun, Watching it come Watching it come up, Over the rooftops… Cloudy and warm, Maybe a storm You can never quite tell, From the morning… And it’s going […]

Filed Under: For the Love of Nature, Marriage, NaBloPoMo13 Tagged With: Love, Marriage, NaBloPoMo13

Family Portrait

Nov 4, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 12 Comments

Yesterday, while we had the entire Backyard Playgroup together again, we had our family portrait taken. The daylight hours, having been pushed back to standard, bent long rays of gold […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo13, On being a parent Tagged With: childhood, Love, Motherhood

Childhood is Fleeting, Motherhood is Forever

Apr 21, 2013 By Elin Stebbins Waldal Leave a Comment

I had no inkling, the first time I learned I was pregnant, of the combination of awe and regret that motherhood would stitch into my soul. But my firstborn, now […]

Filed Under: Empty Nest, Life Lessons, On being a parent Tagged With: Love, Motherhood, Raising Children, Regret

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