Mother – Red Tent Living

Welcoming Change

By: redtentwomen February 1, 2024January 5, 2024

Day to Day, Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationshipsAccepting Change, Life Change, Mallory Redmond, Mother, Parenting1 Comment

My oldest daughter was not a cuddly child in her first four years of life. She wanted her space, and we learned to give it to her. At some point, however, she’s changed her mind on all things physical touch. These days, she cannot get close enough to me, her dad, or her sister. She…

The Beginning of the End

By: redtentwomen August 29, 2023July 27, 2023

Monthly Themes, relationshipscancer, Death of a Parent, Julie McClay, loss of a parent, Mother, Sickness, Terminal Illness8 Comments

Goodbye begins July 27, 2020, with a text. The doctor just called with the scan results, and it’s not good. Can you come over? My brand-new 14-year-old is in the middle of blowing out twisty rainbow candles on an ice cream birthday cake. It is homemade by a sister and looks delicious. We finish singing…

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.