Category Archives: dreams and realities
Make Sweet Music
I’m having a bit of a creative awakening, which I’ll write about soon. I mean, I’ve got quite a few creative projects going on at the moment (including a secret one, the likes of which I’m launching in the next … Continue reading
Filed under dreams and realities, music
This is better.
Some days, like today, something funny happens while I’m doing something normal with my son – changing his diaper, wiping his sticky eye with a cotton ball, watching him carefully form his little mouth around his new “ooo” sounds. Today, … Continue reading
Filed under Baby, dreams and realities, family
Unfinished Business
I am the Queen of Unfinished Projects. Just ask my husband, who marvels at the evidence of my half-done ideas scattered like shrapnel around our house: my dusty mandolin, beaded bracelets with no clasps, packets of unopened herb seeds, scribbled … Continue reading
Filed under confessions, dreams and realities
Just a little mustard seed.
In December of 2008, I was standing with two of my best girlfriends at a friend’s wedding, eating canapés and laughing at our husbands, who were standing across the room and, I’m sure, doing something immature but hilarious. One of … Continue reading
Filed under confessions, dreams and realities, England
I kicked ash.
Despite the best efforts of the Icelandic volcano, Simon and I made it to Ireland this weekend for the wedding of one of his childhood friends to his Irish sweetheart. We thought we were clear for takeoff last week when … Continue reading
Filed under dreams and realities, England
Hey Nostradamus
One year ago, I made five predictions about what 2009 might hold. I thought now would be a good time to look back at those predictions and see if maybe I should pursue a career in fortune telling. 1. I … Continue reading
Filed under dreams and realities, random, Uncategorized
Letter to myself 10 years ago
Dear 17-Year-Old Faith, You are not fat. Trust me. I’ve been looking at photos of you recently and thinking about how many days you’ve been wasting worrying about that tiny bit of cellulite on your right thigh. Forget about it. … Continue reading
Filed under dreams and realities, learning
Faith is in love…
…with her husband. …and with this. Simon and I never had engagement photos taken before we married in April ’07, because I was here in North Carolina, planning our wedding, and he was in England, preparing us a home. So, needless to … Continue reading
Filed under dreams and realities, marriage
You’ll know when you know.
A few years ago, a friend of mine told me that when she laid in bed at night, beside her husband, she could almost feel electricity between them. ”Energy,” she said, “without trying to sound New Age-y. But it’s like … Continue reading
Filed under dreams and realities, learning, marriage
