As a spiritual woman and mother of two who has been growing her worklife alongside her kids, the last 13 years has seemed like one long juggling lesson. The path of caring for all my beloveds while tending to my individual needs has generated a constant awareness of balance.
The practice of balance involves tangible issues like who is [...]
My 12 year old has been down with the flu since Monday. It was a bad one with high fever, scary cough. It reminded me of the early days of mothering, where the world stops and we hibernate at home tending the our little ones.
Five days later and she’s still home, almost better. She’s ready [...]
Today I am contemplating meaning. The magic of meaning is that it can encompass both the present moment and broad perspective. Last night I savored the kind harmony between my 9 and 12 year old children as they belted out a pop song together in the car. As I breathed in the comraderie, I offered a silent [...]
Thanks to Jen Lemen for pointing me in the direction of Love Thursday. My daughter painted this when she was about 6.
Have you ever experienced the energy of a future event that seems so strong it feels like it’s reaching into your daily life to tap you on the shoulder and pull you toward it?
That’s the sensation I’ve been having this week about the San Francisco premiere of The Business of Being Born. Organized by the Bay Area Homebirth Collective as a [...]
My husband immigrated from Russia when he was 12 and he will often half tease our kids with stories of what it was like to grow up in hardship. When our kids complain about not liking a meal, he’ll say, “What’s this, ‘I don’t want chicken’?! When I was a kid, I was happy just [...]
