For the first time (that I’m aware of) in almost six years I came home from a long (tiring, grumpy, crankified, plain-old-stank-face) day and was re-energized (recharged, renewed, refueled, made joyful) by spending time with my child. Perhaps many of you mothers have been doingRead more…
My son, who is 5 (and 3/4 he would chime in proudly) is on a t-ball team this Spring. When we got to our first practice I was relieved to find our assigned team a perfect match for him. There was no expectation that youRead more…
Dearest Body, What can I give you in exchange for remaining healthy? I was missing my father and you expressed yourself through shingles… I am missing my beloved and you’re expressing yourself through strep throat… OUCH. I’ll offer to abstain 100% from the foods thatRead more…
I’m ba-ack! …and it ain’t to tell the shingles story (yet). Maybe on Wednesday? Instead it’s to muse on inner children and connectedness and all that other delicious stuff. Shall we begin? I haven’t been feeling very safe in the world lately. And I didn’tRead more…
as you know, I’m on hiatus… and as you might not know, just over a week and a half into it I was floored by a diagnosis that seemed unfairly cast upon me (considering how mindful I was being about my self care). I wasRead more…
still. just doing nothing. or something. whatever is right in the moment. see you next week if that feels right…
Something is up in my head… it has been for a couple of weeks and I can’t seem to shake it. There are many side effects, but the biggest one for note here is that I have this thing right now that tells me IRead more…
The internet has been a tiring place to be this week. All the Facebook profile pictures turned red in support of marriage equality, while you’d think would warm my heart (and sorta do), also make it so I need to spend an extra second readingRead more…
I’m coming off a big week of feeling shitty and not knowing anything else to do about it but take better care of myself (which, as it turns out, IS the only thing to do about it) and am left, even as I put myselfRead more…
I’m not going to blog tonight because I’m going to bed as soon as I get my laundry out of the dryer… so instead of reading my musings on self love or mindfulness, enjoy some of my favorite blog spam comments instead: “There is perceptiblyRead more…
