From the category archives:

make-you-think

Prudent Advice

by Lesley on May 12, 2012

in make-you-think

Tweet In honor of Mother’s Day, I wanted to share snipets from a book my mother-in-law gave me last weekend. (Thank you, Marlene! You are wonderful!) The book is called “Prudent Advice: Lessons for My Baby Daughter (A Life List for Every Woman)” by Jaime Morrison Curtis. The book is an easy read, and cute [...]

Share

{ 1 comment }

Would you say something?

by Lesley on March 6, 2012

in make-you-think,uncategorized

TweetI am reminded this week that I live in a broken world. It is not just one story…it is many…all at the same time. Young girls selling their bodies just blocks away from my house. People with very sick children. People I never thought would ever do THAT but they did. Three people who have [...]

Share

{ 5 comments }

Guilt.

by Lesley on February 28, 2012

in make-you-think

TweetSometimes I struggle with guilt. It’s a nasty emotion that I imagine a lot of people also struggle with, but hate to admit. These days I’m struggling with the guilt of needing so much. Needing help with Anna. Needing help making food. Needing help cleaning my house. Needing time alone. I’m also feeling guilt over [...]

Share

{ 7 comments }

Acknowledging a hurting world

by Lesley on August 9, 2011

in make-you-think

Tweet I have a baby who is not sleeping as well as she was two weeks ago. This means I have limited time to blog, limited time to blow dry my hair, and limited time to read the book I checked out from the library almost a month ago. I do, however, have a lot [...]

Share

{ 1 comment }

Things.

by Lesley on August 3, 2011

in family,growing up,lessons learned,make-you-think

Tweet Today I am proud to share a guest post, written by my dad. This essay was not written intentionally for my blog. It came to me in the form of an email my dad sent to our family earlier today. As background, my Grandma Jeanne  (his mother) was diagnosed several years ago with dementia. [...]

Related Posts with Thumbnails
Share

{ 2 comments }