Husband Archives - Soft In Hard Places https://lisapullenkent.com/tag/husband/ Musings on Mothering, Metamorphosis and More Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:28:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/lisapullenkent.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-daisies-2485064_1920-1-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Husband Archives - Soft In Hard Places https://lisapullenkent.com/tag/husband/ 32 32 52246340 The Long Haul https://lisapullenkent.com/the-long-haul/ https://lisapullenkent.com/the-long-haul/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:34:18 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=1227 I’m washing up in a restroom at the Oklahoma City airport and for a moment I can’t place my location: hospital? hotel? restaurant? Elegant water faucets and gleaming granite countertops add to my sense of disorientation. I don’t even recognize … Continue reading →

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]]> https://lisapullenkent.com/the-long-haul/feed/ 2 1227 Name Them One By One https://lisapullenkent.com/giving-thanks/ https://lisapullenkent.com/giving-thanks/#comments Thu, 28 Nov 2013 15:34:53 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=941 Giving thanks for abundance is greater than abundance itself.   ~ Rumi I love Thanksgiving. It’s Christmas without the endless to-do list. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all about the tree-decorating, light-hanging, mall-shopping, card-sending, present-wrapping, stocking-stuffing frenzy, it’s just I’m … Continue reading →

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]]> https://lisapullenkent.com/giving-thanks/feed/ 6 941 The Only Way Out is Through https://lisapullenkent.com/the-only-way-out-is-through/ https://lisapullenkent.com/the-only-way-out-is-through/#comments Mon, 30 Sep 2013 05:29:01 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=716 Grief lives in our house. Among the furniture, between the windows and the walls, it sits, thick and unmoving. Grief rides heavy on my chest. I can’t get a good, deep breath these days. It weighs down my husband’s shoulders and molds his features. Grief seeps into our nights of restless sleep and dreams of forgetting, of waking, and then remembering. Continue reading →

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]]> https://lisapullenkent.com/the-only-way-out-is-through/feed/ 16 716 Give and Take https://lisapullenkent.com/give-and-take/ https://lisapullenkent.com/give-and-take/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2013 00:44:52 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=674   You are my love and my life. You are my inspiration. Just you and me. Simple and free. Baby, you’re everything I’ve ever dreamed of.  Just You And Me by Chicago   “Al, I need ice.” With a white … Continue reading →

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]]> https://lisapullenkent.com/give-and-take/feed/ 0 674 In the Love Place https://lisapullenkent.com/in-the-love-place/ https://lisapullenkent.com/in-the-love-place/#respond Wed, 10 Oct 2012 03:41:46 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=89 And so lying underneath those stormy skies She’d say, oh, I know the sun must set to rise. Paradise by Coldplay ~For Richard, Heidi and Gabriel~ It was Sunday afternoon. The weekend that seemed to stretch out enticingly before me … Continue reading →

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]]> https://lisapullenkent.com/in-the-love-place/feed/ 0 89 Joyride https://lisapullenkent.com/joyride/ https://lisapullenkent.com/joyride/#respond Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:07:58 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=136 The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time. Any fool can do it; there ain’t nothing to it. Nobody knows how we got to the top of the hill. But since we’re on our way down, We might … Continue reading →

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