by Tiffany Nesbitt | May 18, 2016 | Contentment, Encouragement, Family, Hope, Motherhood, Streamroots Posts
Handful of Pennies This one is for all those mommas. Those dauntless women who might have a precious little clinger under two and maybe a passel full of other priceless clutchers and hangers-on in various stages. Because sometimes you may feel just a mite smothered...
by Tiffany Nesbitt | Jul 9, 2015 | Beauty, Celebration, Contentment, Motherhood, Streamroots Posts, Trust
Celebrating We hop on the trolley, faces bright with sunshine and sea vistas. She’s twenty-two today, my second born. Does that make me old or only her a bit older? It doesn’t matter; we’re celebrating. I watch closely as she glances carefree at the passing shops...
by Tiffany Nesbitt | Jun 11, 2015 | Beauty, Celebration, Family, Graduation, Milestones, Motherhood, Streamroots Posts
Keeping Time Two diminutive feet encased in black patent leathers swung in cadence to the music. Back and forth, back and forth, they kept time with the rhythm of carefully struck notes. Sparkling party dress spilling over the edge of the narrow piano bench, the tiny...
by Tiffany Nesbitt | Apr 30, 2015 | Community, Family, Motherhood, Streamroots Posts, Training, Vision
Into the Blue We had a good catch-up, she and I. Touching on the changes of the past six months, we compared notes. Highlights, triumphs, growth. Challenges, hurts, failures. As mothers, we shared the trajectories of our children’s lives and uncovered an uncanny...
by Tiffany Nesbitt | Feb 12, 2015 | Family, Joy, Motherhood, Streamroots Posts, Surrender
Digging Deep So often, life feels a bit like coal mining. Hard hats askew and faces smudged beyond recognition, we delve deep, desperate for the treasured deposits that warm our souls. But instead of hunting for fossilized pockets of carbon, we’re digging for molten...
by Tiffany Nesbitt | Dec 3, 2014 | Legacy, Motherhood, Streamroots Posts, Vision
A Grateful Student I’m so grateful for teachers. Not because I am one myself; in fact, most days I feel that my calling to teach has very little residual impact. Daily-repeated maxims like, You need to work wholeheartedly without grumbling, or, Be intentionally...
