by newlifeamstump | Apr 19, 2018 | Children, Family, Life, Michigan, parenting, Story, Travel
They say that every picture tells a story, a 1000 words come to mind. I grew up so poor that we were the family that the local church raised money for. My Dad, no matter how hard things were wouldn’t get state help no matter what, and we didn’t have...
by newlifeamstump | Apr 2, 2018 | Children, garden, Life, Uncategorized
If you’ve been on Instagram; shopped at Hobby Lobby, TJ Maxx, or any place that prizes themselves on style and home decor, you will have seen succulents. They’re on pillows, they have dinosaur shaped succulent plant holders, I recently saw them on fabric...
by newlifeamstump | Nov 15, 2017 | Children, Family, Life, Messy LIfe, Michigan, parenting, Story, Uncategorized
Today I left my name and phone number with a surly lady at a desk at one of the local old folk’s homes. I’m sure it’s not politically correct to call it that anymore but it’s what my grandma calls it so… It’s like the actual pot calling the kettle black. Why did I...
by newlifeamstump | Jul 31, 2017 | Books, Children, Family, Life, Messy LIfe, parenting, Review, Story, Uncategorized, Work
If you’ve ever seen the show “Hoarders” you know that hoarding is the compulsive need to keep things even if those things may be broken, unneeded or excess. Hoarders have an insatiable need to attach feeling or sentimentality to objects that may seem...
by newlifeamstump | Jul 24, 2017 | Children, Family, parenting, Story
It’s 10 pm and my son still wont fall asleep and is asking for me to read him a story. I say “no, but why dont I TELL you a story”. This is how it went… Me: “Once upon a time there was a little boy named Conor…” Conor:...
by newlifeamstump | May 12, 2017 | Children, Family, Life, Messy LIfe, parenting, Uncategorized
I know she can hear my heart. there’s a 100 things I need to do. But I can’t let her down, put her down. She cried for me from her sleep. my back aches from her weight. Her body is so small, but her need is the world. I am the world. She is the universe....