Eyes to See Blog on Motherhood, Meandering and Meaning by Denise Lilly

August 16, 2011 in Family and Faith, No Comments

38 hours and 40 minutes. Bronson was ready, but certainly not in a hurry. Those hours, minutes and seconds felt even longer than…

July 26, 2011 in Family and Faith, No Comments

Since I have no more nesting to do, I dug out my own baby book this evening. The pages reveal a time when…

June 28, 2011 in Family and Faith, No Comments

“Wherever you are, be all there.” – Jim Elliot I’ve been a planner and list maker since birth. Well, at least since I…

June 12, 2011 in Family and Faith, No Comments

Awkwardness should be defined as “a perfect stranger touching one’s stomach.” When someone asks to touch my stomach, their eyes glimmer and their…

May 27, 2011 in Family and Faith, No Comments

Marriage. The shedding of absolute independence for the sake of something more amazing, more profound – the intertwining of two lives. Five years…

April 4, 2011 in Family and Faith, No Comments

When Ryan had a jeep, I learned to nod as I drove past fellow jeepers. Later, I learned that motorcyclist lift an index…

March 28, 2011 in Family and Faith, No Comments

I’m a murderer of all things glass. My left pinky bares the scar of a glass that fought back, rather brutally, with its…