Are you a self-soother?

Hank and his lovies are moving me in early morning prayers…

This is new for Hank, this gathering up of all his lovies and toting them around. Phil and I think it’s his way of dealing with the loss of his brother Beaux, but that’s another story my heart can’t tell right now.

My kids and grands have all had their own “lovies”. The textbook sounding definition of a lovie would be a familiar object such as a stuffed animal or a favorite blanket to which a wee one forms an emotional attachment that m...