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My Sour Soil — Bitterness Recently, I learned about the way flowers become a certain color. I had always assumed (due to my “black thumb” as I call it) that flowers were assigned a certain color through their DNA. While there are flowers that will always stay one color, there are also flowers that […]

My Sour Soil

May 11, 2019 in Weariness by Kristin Collins

He Like-Likes Me — Yesterday was hard. It seemed everything I put my hands to failed. My youngest cut his finger on a candle in broken glass. I lost my temper and I let down family and friends. As I hung “world’s worst mom” around my neck at the end of the day, I […]

He Like-Likes Me

April 5, 2019 in Anxiety/Mental Illness / Lent/Easter / Weariness by Kristin Collins

Please Stop Screaming — Happy Doctor Seuss Day! In honor of Doctor Seuss, I present to you a poem entitled: Please Stop Screaming dedicated to my youngest child. Good morning sweet angel, my dearest treasure, I love you so deeply no instrument could measure. Oh my, you stink. Stink like doo-dee. We must […]

Please Stop Screaming

March 1, 2019 in Children / Weariness by Kristin Collins

I Was Not Made For Productivity — Last night, I was reading a book I purchased on a whim about a year ago and finally picked it up again. It is Happy You, Happy Family by Kelly Holmes. In the book, Kelly discusses the overwhelming burnout she experienced and provides people with tools to find joy again. […]

I Was Not Made For Productivity

February 15, 2019 in Habit Help / Health / Weariness by Kristin Collins

The First Step To More Good Days — Hats Off to the Inventors Today, I started looking at the creativity all around me. My life is better because others saw a problem and created a solution. From my dishwasher and freezer to my artificial tree and flat-screen television, there are wonderful inventions all around us boasting of human creativity. […]

The First Step To More Good Days

December 7, 2018 in Anxiety/Mental Illness / Children / During Trials / Weariness by Kristin Collins

A Cold Cup of Coffee — Two sweet babes changed my life. For once, I was a bull-headed, independent wife. I did my own thing, and he did his, We loved to spend some time together, so we got hitched. Life became difficult, and pain grew strong. Before we knew it, everything seemed to go wrong. […]

A Cold Cup of Coffee

November 17, 2018 in Children / During Trials / Weariness by Kristin Collins