by Hollye Dexter | Jul 27, 2018 | #tinystories, family, fire, Fire Season, motherhood, parenthood, parenting, self trust, surviving catastrophe, surviving fire
How many times had you crept into their rooms at night and pressed your face against them to hear the soft hiss of baby breathing, to feel that warm, sweet milky breath in your ear, always needing that reassurance that yes, mama, those babies in your care are strong...
by Hollye Dexter | Nov 19, 2012 | faith, fire loss, hope through adversity, Hurricane sandy victims, surviving catastrophe, surviving loss
Love is a lot like fire. A small flame will be extinguished with the slightest puff of air, but put wind to wildfire, and watch what happens. In my experience, tragedy was the wind- the small wind that killed every small flame, the Santa Anas that caused love to erupt...
by Hollye Dexter | Nov 22, 2010 | dealing with disaster, surviving catastrophe
Lions and Tigers and Bears – Ha! They’re nothing compared to roaches and black widows and centipedes, which is my disaster du jour. At least lions and tigers and bears can’t infiltrate your home right before Thanksgiving.It’s as though the Halloween fairy...