How many undervalue the power of simplicity, But it is the real key to the heart.” ~William Wordsworth Days drip into weeks, just like raindrops individually contribute to the formation of a pond in our “backyard” nearly every other day. And as these spring weeks drip onward, I am reminded …
Each Mother’s Day, I usually take a step back and remain silent, because our family’s identity was formed in loss. Loss of family, heritage, ethnic solidarity, and culture for two of our kids. And loss of a child as well. Usually, I opt out of Mother’s Day because I feel …
I’ve start-stop-started posts so many times this week that I feel a bit like a defibrillator. “Clear.” Jolt. A new post has begun. A Time of Newness We’ve slipped rather unceremoniously into a house-less state, and with this came a new home, a new breath, and a new season. Spring …
Well, then. Let’s just jump right in, shall we? A few years ago, while pregnant, I sunk deep into the essential oil “movement,” and joined an MLM essential oil company. I have had serious migraines for the last four years, sleepless nights for over ten years, and essential oils were …
I read an article yesterday saying that the era of blogging was over. It was advertising a new group-think platform, using social media for collective ideation. But collective ideation is not why anyone blogs, why anyone writes, why anyone posts on Facebook. We share who we are, we expose ourselves in words …
