Ambivalence in Parenting
Two of my good friends are pregnant. I’m having a hard time with it, but not in the way I expected. Mostly I’m not sure how I feel about it. I guess...
Month: February 2015
Tentative First Steps
Thank you all for your support on my last post. I was absolutely overwhelmed by your kind and wise words. It never ceases to amaze me how cherished I feel when ...
Great Deal
This post popped up in my reader this morning and I wanted to say something about it here because Clutterfree with Kids is one of the books that started me on t...
Out of my Depth
My daughter is going through something right now. She has been for about a month. It’s been really, really hard. I never know if what we’re dealing ...
The Little Details
By this point I’ve read a couple books on minimalism and a few of them have suggested an interesting exercise: If you could start over again, what would y...
Changing the Way I Parent
I read two books in the past several months that have totally changed the way I parent. I won’t say parenting is necessarily easier or more enjoyable now,...
Struggling to Show Up
I’m struggling to show up in this space. I sit down, with a blank square ready and waiting for my words, but there are none. Throughout the day I think ab...