My 6 year old Ruthie bobs at the surface of my awareness this week. A friend left their school very suddenly and Ruthie had no chance to say goodbye. I am grateful for the presence of childhood as she retains her signature lightness at home flitting from thing to thing on twinkle toes and with the […]
I once wrote in a self reflection for my Yoga Therapy Certification program, “It’s like when I talk (in a session), I could actually discover more in the silence. And when I’m silent, I have something that really should be said.” There is beauty here in the silence. There is soft current here in the […]
It is just after 7:00 a.m. and 4 year old Nora knocks gently. “Come in,” I say and she opens the door grinning widely. She takes a few small steps across my tiny master bedroom and “oofs” herself up onto the bed. She flops belly to belly on me and rests her chin on my […]
“Is he going to fall, Mom!?” “Is he going to pee on us?” “How does he stay up there?” Probably not. Maybe. Trust. And how do you all know it’s a He? My eyes tell me that powerhouse is probably a She. Our family of five gazes up into the sky at an awe inspiring […]
I didn’t write to you last week. And I’ve missed you for that reason. But I suppose my tendency – and purpose – is to dive in and to share. My intention in writing is to share me and to allow you to see a mirror of yourself. Not all of you. But parts of […]
“What’s reality?” 9 year old John asks me this morning as he looks up from his graphic novel, Dogman. I freeze a little. Well, I’m actually already frozen because the tissue inside of my shoulder blade HURTS LIKE THE DICKENS. It is cranky beyond words upon awakening today. Definitely a full out 10 rating on […]
Summer’s heat has built up inside of me. And something wants to bust out. My jaw is held. My chest is tight. My throat is tough. And man are my ears ever braced against the world out there. It is loud. It is all so very loud. In this very moment, I want to scream. […]
Although I was in Maui six months ago, the theme of judgment with which this piece dances is back at center stage. I sometimes marvel at the returning themes as I swim in ever deeper waters of self-exploration and softening. And the lesson of now is the lesson of then. In the words of the […]
Greg is drying off a dripping 4 year old Nora just outside the tiny bathroom in my parent’s lake house. She is shivering as the pink terry towel rubs around on her sturdy little body. “Daddy, tell me the truth,” And without pause, she revises to, “Daddy, tell me a weird truth.” I smile from the kitchen […]
It is summer. My kids are tracked out for 5 weeks from year round school. And I am basking in the heaven of their light. I’ve turned down the dial on work and doing. I’ve turned up the dial on outside and play. And it is glorious. The sky is so big out there. Go […]