Managing My Leftovers
Adjusting To My New Normal I step back in sudden awareness as my mind alerts me to the heat spreading across my protruding belly. I’m …
Inspirational Stories
Happiness Is A (Really Hard) Choice
The Story Of How I Learned To Work For My Happiness Perhaps you’ve heard this said before: Happiness is a choice. Honestly, I couldn’t agree …
Meeting My Spirit Guide
The Time My Spirit Guide Saved My Life When I was sixteen I lived in a sketchy apartment with my boyfriend. Neither of us felt …
How Spirituality Helped Me Deal With An Unexpected Crisis
The Story Of Getting Our Windows Smashed In How could I ever feel safe again? This is the question that keeps running through my mind …
Dealing With My Partner’s Chronic Illness
We look at our bodies, our careers, our struggles, and falsely believe that this the total of who we are.
Let me tell you that who you are in this moment is not a full reflection of who you are as a soul.
Eight Reasons To Have A Homebirth
1. You get to control the environment.
2. You get to decide who is there, or who isn’t.
3. You can choose to involve your older kids.
4. Everything is more relaxed.
5. Less medical intervention.
6. You get to decide where and how you deliver.
7. Maintain some control in an unpredictable situation.
8. You’re already home.
My Child Is Afraid Of The Monkey Bars
My child is afraid of the monkey bars. As she hangs from the firm metal, she doubts that she can support herself. The universe, often …
Investment
Have I given up my identity for these children? Have I used up my best years and thrown away my time just to hold and snuggle babies? Have I made my children the center of my universe?
My Mother’s Love
When I was a little girl I would wish for my mother, but she was always shrouded in mystery. I used to wonder if it …
Dream Come True
I first met my children on the sunny shores of the beach I had created in my dream. I’d fallen asleep for a late-pregnancy nap, …