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Who’s carrying…
… the emotion of the situation? In every intense interaction between people, an emotional ‘bubble’ gets created. Usually this bubble is experienced by each person based on their…
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Creativity
When you’ve got 20 minutes
I have at least 8 hours of work to do today, plus kid pickups, meal-making, housekeeping, and miscellaneousness. There is no way I will all get even a…
Culture
The conversation
This morning my daughter lied to me. Not about anything big, or even particularly important, but the lie was said, then backed up by demonstrations to “prove” its…
Family
Me time = Flea time
I am battling tiny vermin, some imagined, some real. Last week, my elder child came home with a classroom lice notice. That took my already overactive laundry habit…
Home
Guilt and Accomplishment
I feel guilty about nearly everything I do, and don’t do. I realized that today, when I asked my mom to bring my daughter to school. I felt…
Family
More simple truisms
Things I wind up saying often to my kids, that also give me pause when in a spiritual state of mind: mom’s meals are healthier than institutional ones…
Body & Health
Calm after a storm
Holidays at home with little ones means super secrets, high anticipation, late nights, big messes, bigger food and lots of opportunities to make memories. It always goes by…
Family
The morning I have
This was not the morning I wanted. I had great visions for how my daughter and I would connect, and I would help ease her “just starting school”…
Family
hiding in the library
I hide in the kitchen, extending the time it takes to do dishes. No one comes in during that time. This is the only way I can eat…
Culture
Efficiency vs. Effortlessness
I’d let my house get even more out of control than usual. Laundry piled high, dishes not quite done, backyard with a spillover of inside toys, piles of…
Family
Tasslenisms: part two
see also Tasslenisms One ♥ Tasslenisms Two ♥ Tasslenisms Three Tasslen at egg hunt: Look mom, a double yolker! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Tasslen: mom, can I…
Family
Activity vs. Achievement
Like many parents of small children, I reside in a swirl of constant and chaotic activity. Think, “mom, look at this potion I just made with your new…