I Like Your Pants
The elastic was stretched thin on the worn red cotton gingerbread-printed pajama pants. My second-hand find from years ago slipped...
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Patty Ihm
Apr 17, 20203 min read
My View from the Back Seat: This Life-Altering Course of Parenting
I would always have someone with me, and I would never be lonely, not ever again. At twenty-four, and I was about to have my first baby....
Patty Ihm
Feb 24, 20203 min read
Garbage Mom
Monday had a promising start: the sun shone brightly, and I had a few minutes to spare before I would be meeting my longtime friend, so I...
Patty Ihm
Jan 14, 20203 min read
Fostering Words: Love Isn’t Enough, But At Least It’s Something
As a fresh spring chicken of a foster parent, I was given by one of my dearest friends a candy-pink shirt with the words, “Love is Not...
Patty Ihm
Aug 10, 20194 min read
The Purple Couch
The purple couch was like an old friend. It accepted us, its people, where we were, with our dirty baseball cleats, fevers, and bad...
Patty Ihm
Nov 1, 20183 min read
The Way Home
It wouldn’t have mattered how many books I had read or that I had attended lectures and breakout sessions from the foremost experts in...
Patty Ihm
Jun 23, 20184 min read
Mirrors and Empty Containers
Maybe he didn’t intend to leave it here, but I’m happy that he did. The whole kitchen fills with the smell of good coffee, because it’s...
Patty Ihm
Apr 25, 20174 min read
Sand and Music
“It keeps changing fast, and it don’t last for long.” My mom loved the water. We traveled the country for many summers in our...
Patty Ihm
Mar 3, 20174 min read
What’s In Your Egg Basket?
Something happened. Something went wrong, or maybe it didn’t. Words that interrupted my idle thoughts as I stood at the kitchen sink, ...
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