Really, We’re All Just Fumbling Along
Last Friday was quite momentous. I finally dragged my excuse-prone ass to this mommy group that a couple of moms I knew were going to. MOPS they call it. I’ve been “intending” to go try it out for...
View ArticleSort Of Back. Sort Of Not.
(Warning: Exceptionally long post ahead.) Wow. I can’t believe it’s been more than a month since I last wrote here. Please forgive my long absence, most especially that it came unannounced. I didn’t...
View ArticleWriting From The Heart And The Liberating Goodness of Authenticity
It’s been really hard to blog lately. I’ve started lots and lots of posts, but finished none. And I wonder, perhaps I have nothing left to say? But it’s not quite true as I feel like there is so much...
View ArticleRamblings: When Mama Wants It All And The Unexpected Gifts of Limitations
Sometimes, I get into this super mom mood. Oh ok, lots of times. On one hand, I want to do everything humanly possible to nourish my family in the best way and on the other hand, I want to pursue my...
View ArticleComing Home To Ourselves: Sorting Out My Out-Of-Sorts Faith
(One Of The Most Spiritually Transformative Moments Of My Life) We haven’t gone to “church” in a really long time. And today, I decided, that we’re going to drop by. I’m not fully 100% given to the...
View ArticleComing Home To Ourselves: Walking Along the Edges
It’s been a really long journey with this wandering and wondering faith of mine. And I doubt the journey ends here, for I suspect it simply has begun. But for so long, I’ve hesitated writing about the...
View ArticleA Poem and Prayer of Sorts: On Motherhood and Art
Could two roads that seem to diverge be one and the same? Neither here nor there. Both Now and Eternally Ever. One that brings me home and a family to call my own. And One that stretches far and wide...
View ArticleWhat Do You Want For Breakfast? :: On Frosted Flakes and Me Being A Flake
Last year, I wrote a series called, “What Are You Having For Breakfast?” where I began with a challenge to give up boxed cereals for a much more nourishing early meal. I worked my way through milk and...
View ArticleThe Real Reason I Sleep With My Child (Or The Art of Meeting Myself Where I...
So. I’ve written a (3-part) piece before about co-sleeping and the family bed, which got picked up by popular blogger Annie of PhD in Parenting via Tweeter (yes, I like to misspell it like that), which...
View ArticleVelveteen Mama Diaries: How Much Is A Stay At Home Mom Worth?
Apparently $9/hr. Yes, that’s how much I sold myself this Fall for what I thought would be extra cash for myself and a little playmate for my daughter. Except I got more than I bargained for. Or rather...
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