A wispy breeze is emotion when let Be. Blowing in and blowing out. Read on for two poems – both emerging this week from a time of much in our world and country. And selves. Consider. Where are you? What words serve you? What words stand beside you in company, hold your hand, offer you […]
I began this post with the intention to say, Thank You. And in this moment, I take a deep breath and choose to remain focused on my intention. Because even as I stare at news that causes my brow to furrow, my throat to close up and my eyes to scrunch in search of understanding, there is […]
My word for this Christmas isconfusinglike our cat marveling at never catching the light dappling the kitchen wall. My approach for this Christmas ismake it worklike adding some of my 34 ounce Ayurvedic self-massage sesame oil, pump by pump, to our peanut butter blossom cookie dough… to balance out the very unhelpful healthy Whole Foods peanut butter. My responsibility for this Christmas isto take ownership […]
Before the story share for this week, let’s jump ahead for a quick second. A final call to join me this coming Saturday, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m., for a virtual therapeutic yoga class and share session for whatever holiday gooble-de-gook is making its way through your brain and heart. This time together is as much a gift […]
As I re-read last week’s blog post after it was published, I giggled at myself. Nowhere – absolutely nowhere – in the email subject or header line did I mention the fact that there was an actual class offering included. oopsie. Email marketing folks for sure rolled their eyes knowingly at my novice oversight. Self-awareness junkies may have thought, “Well, […]
I don’t wanna’. I don’t wanna’ write. I don’t wanna’ do yoga. I don’t wanna’ go on a walk. I don’t wanna’ meditate. I don’t wanna’ eat healthily. I don’t wanna’ clean the playroom. I don’t wanna’ travel. I don’t wanna’ have a migraine. I don’t wanna’ make a decision on my kids’ school for […]
A text message from my husband to his family late last week includes: “I’m grumpy today.” The subsequent replies from my husband’s family read along the lines of: “What!? Don’t be grumpy!” “There’s no point in being grumpy.” “What’s up with you!?” And his well meaning father the next day (in all seriousness) says to him […]
I have some words that I wrote in a journal years ago, There is no comfort in growth, And no growth in comfort. hmm. Curious words I put together. I suppose they are partly true. But they are not the whole truth. (Is it ever really?) Because if we can allow ourselves to trust the […]
Ruthie is beside herself tonight. Which means wailing like a wounded animal in the next room, “I want Mama, I want Mama!” I can understand how one might roll their eyes at these words on this page while thinking, “Oh, another temper tantrum from a kid.” But this wail is different than a cajoling or […]
Nora is practicing her letters. In virtual school. Sometimes it is smooth as the chocolate silk pie I used to make with my Grandmother. Sometimes it is torturous like the pitchfork my father accidentally put through his brand new loafers as a child. (My Grandma was not pleased with this.) Repetition. I get is as […]