Mother – Red Tent Living

Distance but Not Distant

By: redtentwomen January 13, 2023January 13, 2023

Day to Day, Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationshipsboundaries, family dynamics, Mother, Mother Daughter Relationships, Tina Huey2 Comments

“I think about today. I think about tomorrow. I don’t give much thought to yesterdays.” — Yellowstone Our relationship has been far from easy. Unkind words have been exchanged and mean looks used to play a part whenever we communicated, but there have also been words of love, kindness, and support followed by a hug…

An Unlikely Hero

By: redtentwomen February 22, 2022February 19, 2022

Monthly Themes, relationshipsErin O'Connor, Hero, Huntsman Spider, Mother, needing a mother, Protector2 Comments

Hunter. Close your eyes. What do you see? A lion? A wolf? An eagle? A snake? Do you see the shadow of movement in the grass out of the corner of your eye? The shadow from above? What do you hear? Do you hear the low growl? The screech from above? The rattle from below?…

On the Wings of Hope

By: redtentwomen January 21, 2022December 13, 2021

Femininity, Monthly Themes, relationshipsHope, hope and fear, Hopelessness, kindness of strangers, Mother, wedding, Wendy Lipham8 Comments

July 3, 1954. She sat alone at the end of the counter while noise and laughter rose and fell around her. She hardly noticed the soda placed in front of her by the waitress with the sweet Southern drawl. While she was trying to hold onto hope, sadness settled in as she replayed the months that…

The Price of Life

By: redtentwomen October 6, 2017October 4, 2017

Day to DayBecky Allender, Childbirth, Grandmother, Heroine, Labor, Labor Pains, Life, midwife, Mother, Remember13 Comments

I looked at the clock as the phone was ringing. It was 5:15 AM and Andrew was calling to let us know that his wife, Elizabeth, had just given birth to our grandson.

Memories with my Mother

By: redtentwomen June 3, 2016May 31, 2016

relationshipsAdult Children, cancer, Death, Grief, illness, Kindness, Love, Mary Jane Hamilton, Mother, Motherhood12 Comments

“I’ll always be with you.”

It’s a girl!!

By: redtentwomen February 4, 2016January 29, 2016

Day to DayBeauty, Childhood, Fear, Femininity, High School, Mother, Sexual Abuse, Style, Valerie Avery10 Comments

In the era of my birth babies were turned upside down and spanked on the bottom to get us breathing.

The Walk

By: redtentwomen January 5, 2016August 2, 2020

Intentional LivingAdolescence, Childhood, Grandmother, Lake Michigan, Mary Jane Hamilton, Mother, Parenting19 Comments

Happy New Year and welcome to 2016.

Her Hands

By: redtentwomen May 13, 2015August 2, 2015

Day to Day, GardeningCindy Peterson, Gardening, God, Mother5 Comments

Her hands, tan from the sun, were wrinkled and rough, nails cut short and not a hint of polish.

1st Day of Kindergarten

By: redtentwomen September 5, 2014August 24, 2015

Day to DayBack to School, Becky Allender, Facebook, Grandmother, Kim Simon, Mother14 Comments

I read a wonderful blog on Facebook today by Kim Simon. It was entitled: To My Fellow Mom’s on the First Day of Kindergarten.

Please, Pass the Pie

By: redtentwomen November 28, 2013September 17, 2015

Day to DayAllison Johnson, Grandmother, Katy Johnson, Mother, Pie, Pumpkin, Pumpkin pie, Thanksgiving, Tracy Johnson8 Comments

There’s a very old, worn notecard in a recipe basket that reads “from the kitchen of Tracy Johnson,” and on that card is the recipe for our Great Grandmother’s pumpkin pie.