When You Need to Know You are Crazy-Loved by Pearl Allard (Look Up Sometimes)

When You Need to Know You are Crazy-Loved

I had just settled on the couch, grateful to have crossed the day’s finish line with two kids intact and in bed. I eagerly reached for a book I’d been longing to read, when my six-year-old padded out of her room – one bare foot and one slipper-socked foot. I bristled, wondering with the psalmist how long, O Lord? Dear…

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Fraying Gray Pom-Poms and Ridiculously Amazing Love for Valentine's Day (and Everyday) by Pearl Allard (Look Up Sometimes)

Ridiculous Love – Happy Valentine’s Day

My six-year-old daughter, Zoe, taught me a love lesson exactly one year ago today. After she was tucked in for the night, she padded out of her room – one bare foot and one slipper-socked foot. I tensed, annoyed the finish line to my day was extended. Zoe held up the partner slipper sock in one hand and a gray…

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