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She remembered things differently from what I could recall. Seasoned in some ways, I couldn’t see what was right in front of me. Despite...
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Patty Ihm
Dec 20, 20204 min read
A Little Toast to Hope
Yesterday, I was having a good day, which really wouldn’t seem extraordinary except there just haven’t been a whole lot of them lately. A...
Patty Ihm
Dec 5, 20203 min read
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...
Patty Ihm
Nov 9, 20205 min read
Aftermath: Burning Desires
At first glance, I wondered if it was just an enormous burn pile. My first memories place me under the tree in the yard of my early...
Patty Ihm
Sep 26, 20203 min read
Strip Me Bare
Last year, they were probably heard screaming through to the second floor of the clinic, and there were fights…battles…battles that they...
Patty Ihm
Sep 6, 20204 min read
re: Peaches
As we pulled up the long drive to my friend’s house, we were greeted enthusiastically by a little girl, the picture of sunshine, wielding...
Patty Ihm
Jul 28, 20204 min read
Let Me Be Your Lesson
“Everything is either a blessing or a lesson.” Who was it that said that, anyway? Maybe, some things can be both of those at the same...
Patty Ihm
Jun 15, 20202 min read
A Chicken Gets Her Wings
Love, young love, I hope you are well. At least we now both Have a story to tell. —Keaton Henson, “Sarah Minor” I should have known by...
Patty Ihm
Jun 12, 20203 min read
A Piece of Crap
I had a dream that I lost little Gabriel, only he was somehow also Moses. We were at a medical appointment at a hospital. He was with me...
Patty Ihm
May 29, 20204 min read
Reflections from Ihm Home Farm
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” —Matthew 11:28 Many of you probably do not know that Dan Ihm,...
Patty Ihm
May 14, 20203 min read
I Wish I Could Tell You
As a little girl, on my sick days from school, the best part of the day was the half hour when I could sit in my dad’s recliner in my...
Patty Ihm
May 8, 20201 min read
Fireball Sun
The fireball sun recalled orange-slice smiles and puddle stained skirts from the day’s careless frolics. She was unconcerned with the...
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
Mar 25, 20204 min read
You Always Did Love the Ocean
It was hard to discern where the brilliant blue sky became the ocean’s choppy waves, where the hope looked more like fear. From his...
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 30, 20203 min read
A Hero’s Hand
“Don’t let anyone say that it’s just a game…” A friend mentioned that in just a few weeks, it will be time for pitchers and catchers to...
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...
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