To L, S, C, M, BV, & LV!

My Child

The day God placed you in my heart

My love for you changed the core of who I am

Your needs came before my own

Knowing when to protect you fiercely

Or when to let you stumble and fall

so you could learn how to be strong yourself

My own internal battle to know when to do which

Rest assured in my love.  

My love for you will not waver

with the things you do

the teams you play on 

the grades you make

or how you perform.

I also promise to introduce you to your creator

Help show you His presence in the world we live in

And assist you in discovering the gifts He gave you

But mostly I will thank Him

For letting me be your mom

Because by being your mom, 

I know Him better.

Atomic Salad--my version!

3 cloves of garlic, minced
juice of one lemon
1 tablespoon whole grain mustard
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
1/4-1/2 cup olive oil

Throw the first 6 ingredients in a food processor, pulse until fully incorporated.  Add olive oil to emulsify.  Pour finished dressing into the bottom of your salad bowl.  Top with fresh spinach, arugula, chopped cucumber, halved cherry tomatoes, and croutons.  Right before serving, toss all ingredients with dressing to coat...serve and enoy!

The Moment

Is it the moment that is precious?  Or the people that you spend the moment with?  How can a day of no significance change into a moment, a point in time that pivots the whole course of a life or even several lives? 
 Is it a job?  Is it the building you live in?  The food you eat?  The game you play?  The task that must be completed? The things you have?  The storm that sweeps in and robs you of not only your belongings but also your ability to believe in peace?
Or is it the hand you hold? Or the prayer you pray?  The loved one you hold whether near and in your hug or far and in your heart?
The struggles of life...learning something new that is frustrating and challenging to a job that is threatened to a life so precious that one moment is at risk.
Love is the precious moment and taking even one second of love for granted which is all too human is the lesson of a day like today........................

The Screen

The Screen

IPad, IPhone, Laptop, TV
All have screens constantly facing me
Upload a pic, status updates and tweet
Missing moments that may never repeat

Catch a text while I drive
The screen equates being alive
Mutli -tasking we claim
I can look and listen to you just the same

But what do we miss while living behind the screen
Eyes always darting back to the attention machine
Adults say it is a problem with this teen generation
Though many are guilty of the same fixation

A slumped shoulder from a loved ones hard day
A tear drop, a frown, a smile, a chance to play
With a husband, wife, child, or friend
Missed moments, while on our screens we depend

In restaurants, our toddlers zoned on a screen
Adults sit by fixated just like the teen
Employers frown as workers sneak a quick peek
To see what the screen in their pockets speak

Our screens tell us where to be
When to go and who we will see
They make us our money while stealing our time
Life in the screen—a 21st century silent crime.