Tag: friendship

• Mothers and Daughters

  

  Dear Kori Jane, Being the mother of a published author fills me with immense pride and maybe just a tiny bit of fear of the stories you’ll tell about our crazy family! A few weeks ago, your little sister came home concerned about my reputation after being asked by a friend if your poems were…

  Laura Spaulding

  February 17, 2025

  Family and Faith, Learning and Healing Through Nature and Creation, Parenting through Grief, Trauma, and Loss, Unity in Diversity, Words to Kori Jane

  beauty, childhood, Faith, Family, friendship, grace, grandparents, Grief, growing, healing, joy, motherhood, mothers, Parenting, travel

• Beautiful Crazy Love

  

  Dear Lacey, Do you remember the long-gone years of being strapped in a booster as I chauffeured your siblings all over town for hours a day? You didn’t complain much until you started getting physically sick every car ride, necessitating hospital-grade plastic receptacles be kept in the seat pocket in front of you. Boy, am…

  Laura Spaulding

  February 10, 2024

  Family and Faith, Words to Lacey

  Children, Faith, Family, friendship, grace, growing up, joy, love, marriage, middle school, motherhood, mothers, Parenting, siblings, valentines day

• Never Alone

  

  Dear Kori Jane, Last year, this mother of yours reluctantly agreed to an all-day bike ride through the mountains of Montana. As you are aware, I’m not exactly fit and I have no cycling experience. Our dear friend Devon, having traveled this road before, assured me the trail was mostly downhill, and the views would…

  Laura Spaulding

  November 1, 2023

  Family and Faith, Learning and Healing Through Nature and Creation, Parenting through Grief, Trauma, and Loss, Words to Kori Jane

  adult children, beauty, bicycling, Children, cycling, darkness, depression, Faith, Family, friendship, grace, Grief, growing, healing, joy, light, middle age, motherhood, mothers, nature, Parenting, strength, truth, tunnels

• Charm Bracelets

  

  Dear Hallie, When I was in the fourth grade, I sold enough Girl Scout cookies to win the custom-made, sterling silver, James Avery, puppy dog charm. This was back when the awards were special enough to motivate the selling of a ridiculous number of cookies. Turns out the hours of door-to-door selling followed by more…

  Laura Spaulding

  June 22, 2019

  Family and Faith, Learning Differences and Disabilities, Parenting through Grief, Trauma, and Loss, Unity in Diversity, Words to Hallie

  cerebral palsy, Children, Disability, Faith, Family, flooding, friendship, grace, Grief, Parenting