Meditation on Love (or Kindness is Contagious)
I was feeling particularly devastated by today's news when I got a reminder that there is still an abundance of love in this world, and...
Parenting in VUCA times (or How to Keep It Together When the Threat is Real)
I read this article today, "Being a Mother in Hawaii During 38 minutes of Nuclear Fear." It was chilling. This came a day after Facebook...
Five Weeks of Gratitude Challenge! (or Gratitude, Not Platitudes)
We tend to focus on gratitude right around Thanksgiving, and then we (the culture at large) immediately launch into the frenzied holiday...
Practice Makes...Better (Or, How to Model Our Glorious Imperfections)
The other day, I overheard a parent say, "And practice makes...?" "Perfect!" the child sang out, and they both smiled at what was clearly...
Birthdays. Deathdays. And the stories in between.
It has been an eventful week. Last Tuesday I was taken via ambulance to the emergency room, and ended up admitted to the hospital for a...
Choosing to Be Kind
“Mommy, is that a poor man? Why is he poor? Why is he sleeping on the street?” Have you ever noticed that your child asks exactly the...
Taming Tantrums, One Breath at a Time*
It’s happened to all of us. One minute you’re casually walking through the supermarket with a cutie in the cart, the next minute you’re...
Whole Brain Parenting (or, My Favorite 12 Step Program!) Strategy #2: Name It To Tame It
I have been absolutely enthralled by the book, The Whole Brain Child, by Drs. Dan Siegal and Tina Payne Bryson. It's rare that one finds...
Water
Years ago, when I was helping my mother while she was dying, she got me a pass to the local YMCA. Once or twice a week, I would leave the...
Over Being Over-Scheduled
Last Sunday, my son came to me as we were getting ready for church, and he was crying. "Mommy," he said with tears on his cheeks, "why...
