Amy Secrist

Tag: catholic motherhood

  • At Grandma’s house on Pap Pap’s day

    At Grandma house on Pap Pap’s day we eat and walk, we run and play, we eat and sit, waste the day in love. Everyone loves and everyone is loved at Grandma and Pap Pap’s house.

  • Trust (I)

    I bounce a little and sway a little and turn myself in a slow circle; I pat Mr. I’m-18-Months-Old- And-I-Love-Toy-Cars on the back and wrap his soft arm around my neck. He rubs my shoulder with pudgy fingers. He makes quiet ooo-ooo-ing sounds. I bounce a little, sway a little and turn myself in a…

  • Advent Chain

    Our advent chain is cut from years-old construction paper, faded green, pink, red. The still-unlooped-strips lie flat and slightly crumpled in the “stuff cupboard” until I move them to the stairs until I move them to the piano where the tiny pile sits for weeks. I did not toss those loose pieces in the Christmas…