Tears are Summer showers to the soul. ~Alfred Austin, Savonarola Last summer, in a forest chapel overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee, my 21-year-old son read an essay aloud to several hundred boys and their counselors at Camp Belknap. The trumpet called out over the water, and boys of all sizes emerged through the woods to sit together Read More
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MOOD Rx FOR PARENTS: 3 WAYS TO DANCE WITH EMOTION
“The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.” — Kahlil Gibran Sara, a young mom, told me, “ I felt like the luckiest person on the planet last week. I even found myself humming as I Read More
Parenthood: Fast, Steep Track To Enlightenment
Who has time for yoga and meditation anyway? Parenthood is actually one long yogathon. Here are three custom poses for parents that will have you rock’n yoga so many hours a day, you won’t believe it. In the first few months you’ll have clocked in enough hours for a teacher certification, not to mention a tight Read More
Love And The Broken Open Heart of Parenting
“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” – Elizabeth Stone My son was 18 months old the first time he couldn’t breathe. The day had been an ordinary one, filled with unfurling toilet paper rolls and drawing on walls. Read More