What a piece, Lisa! And I love the end notes of why we are getting to see this gem in the first place. I too am having trouble putting one word in front of the other, because...what's the damn point when the freaking world is on fire. Thank you for this....
Exactly the treat I needed. My soon-to-be-50-year-old kid just left after a week of visiting and reading this was a little like visiting the past and feeling the feels that somehow don't get old the way he has and I have.
Brilliant. Thank you, Lisa. One of my grandchildren was breathing oddly, so we tilted his head back and checked his nostrils: a piece of apple, two googly eyes and a broken crayon. And yet we love him!
This is it exactly. I've been broken and made whole by strange little people that I grew on purpose. It's been terrible. And tender and nice. Thank you.
I felt all of this so deeply, Lisa. Your writing is exquisite. Thank you for sharing. Whether older or newer, I'll always eagerly open your emails and read your words.
Lisa, I loved and felt every word of this piece. And thank you for the brief respite from the horrors. For a moment, I had tears in my eyes thinking of my kids (23 &25) through all those years, rather than for the state of the world. Beautiful.
What a piece, Lisa! And I love the end notes of why we are getting to see this gem in the first place. I too am having trouble putting one word in front of the other, because...what's the damn point when the freaking world is on fire. Thank you for this....
You wrote the hell out of this. Thank you.
Exactly the treat I needed. My soon-to-be-50-year-old kid just left after a week of visiting and reading this was a little like visiting the past and feeling the feels that somehow don't get old the way he has and I have.
Brilliant. Thank you, Lisa. One of my grandchildren was breathing oddly, so we tilted his head back and checked his nostrils: a piece of apple, two googly eyes and a broken crayon. And yet we love him!
OMG, this is gorgeous and so, so true. Thank you from the respite from the world
This is it exactly. I've been broken and made whole by strange little people that I grew on purpose. It's been terrible. And tender and nice. Thank you.
These times are hard...and parts of this made me laugh out loud. "It didn't work with you, did it?" Snort! Thanks for this.
Oh, my goodness, you just cracked open my whole heart like a really spendy egg... 😂
I felt all of this so deeply, Lisa. Your writing is exquisite. Thank you for sharing. Whether older or newer, I'll always eagerly open your emails and read your words.
Mothering in all its splendor! Lovely piece. Just wrote you. Your penpal in Ireland ☘️
Lisa, I loved and felt every word of this piece. And thank you for the brief respite from the horrors. For a moment, I had tears in my eyes thinking of my kids (23 &25) through all those years, rather than for the state of the world. Beautiful.
So much universal truth in such stunning arrangements of words. Thanks for sharing.
heartbreakingly beautiful. thank you for writing.