by Tammy Kennington | May 29, 2013
The child clambers upon my bed,”Wake up, wake up sleepyhead.”I squeeze my eyes tight still wanting to rest.But tiny arms wrap about my legs and in the child’s graspmy weary thoughts are replaced.I take on her smile as she throws her head back to...
by Tammy Kennington | Jan 24, 2013
My two younger children lay snuggled next to me in bed–feverish, sniffling, coughing, and talking in their sleep all through the night while the sounds of my teenager’s favorite music drifted upstairs through the vent system. Boom! Boom! Boom! Hack! Hack!...
by Tammy Kennington | Oct 29, 2012
10. You would rather sleep than go out for a relaxing dinner with your husband. 9. Previously a fashion statement, scarves now camouflage everything from leaking breasts to baby spit up. 8. Eating something from the baby’s high chair tray qualifies as your...
by Tammy Kennington | Oct 18, 2012
10. You automatically answer phone calls with the words, “I expected to hear from you half an hour ago.” 9. You can wrap a sprained ankle better than an athletic trainer. 8. The nurses know your son so well that they ask to sign...
by Tammy Kennington | Oct 12, 2012
“Your children are the greatest gift God will give to you, and their souls the heaviest responsibility He will place in your hands. Take time with them, teach them to have faith in God. Be a person in whom they can have faith. When you are old, nothing else...