Because trees sigh, we breathe. Clouds collect moisture and pour rain. Worms weave nutrients for hungry seeds. Busy bees fashion fruits and flowers. Seas leave salt. The moon moves seas. Nature’s wisdom makes obvious the give and take everywhere we look. Give and take, take and give. Reciprocity to the … Read More
Is Your Child Experienced? OR Is Your Child Consumed by the Experience?
Dear Reader, In order to understand this blog post, it’s best if you first read the article, “My Kid Sold her Soul to Roblox,” by Emily Flake. When Jimi Hendrix asked, “Are you experienced?” he wasn’t singing about what I first thought he was singing about. I thought he was … Read More
Happy Day of the Mother
The Mother… Creates beginnings—people and planets both, past and futures, too. The Mother… Loves with knowing attention, nurtures with unfathomable depths Giving all of Her Self to Her precious children, no matter how good or wayward. Her constant devotion never falters. The Mother shows up…. On our doorstep in the … Read More
Grateful Living Litany
Note: It has been quite some time that I have written here, I know. On Dec. 17, 2019 I experienced the beginning of a terrifying health issue. Thankfully it has been resolved. Healed, moving forward, I am so very grateful each day for my health. Now During this difficult time … Read More
I Can Barely Breathe
A poem I made recently to help me through. I can barely breathe thinking like a Mother’s heart shredded into countless pieces of unbearable ache. Separated from her child—more precious and life giving than life itself. Utterly terrified by the surety of uncertainty. I can barely breath feeling like … Read More
Still A Few Weeks of Summer Left, What’s on Your Agenda for Creating Memories?
The other day, I ordered a book via Amazon and saw they were vigorously advertising back to school specials. “Not yet!” I thought. Then yesterday, I received an Office Depot/Office Max flyer in the mail with, “Goodbuy Summer” on it. Groan! Why is it that the commercial culture uses these … Read More
What I Intended: Because the New York Times Displayed Little Intent for My Intent to be Fully and Clearly Expressed
For the record, I am grateful to have been quoted in the July 6, 2019 The New York Times article about how parent coaches are helping parents with screen issues. In fact, I was eager to be interviewed because I thought, “This time it could be different. This time, because it’s the The … Read More
The Wonders of Extreme Gratitude
Extreme gratitude is a lot like extreme sports—it challenges us beyond our perceived capabilities; yet if we persevere to the end we can achieve a profound sense of calm. We re-unite with our strong self—YES, we did it. Really. What do I mean by Extreme Gratitude? Being grateful no matter … Read More
Distress Calls Wake Us Up to a New Reality
“Sounds like he’s losing his voice, he’s been at it so long,” my husband David observed. The compromised voice due to prolonged distress calls belongs to a young hawk that clearly has been anxious about something—for over a week now. His high-pitched, fretful calling reverberates around our house each morning … Read More
Human Imagination: Generous Guide to Our Positive Future
Yesterday an interesting coincidence called my attention (once again!) to the power of human imagination. This is what happened: Packing books for our upcoming move, while tuning into the Families Belong Together marches, I picked up The Violence of Forgetting: Thinking Beyond America’s Disimagination Machine. Henry Giroux’s 2014 book is … Read More