I went out to my garden this afternoon to say goodbye to the ripening tomatoes, the itty bitty lettuce seedlings and a huge Blue Hubbard Squash. I picked a few ripe raspberries and soaked in the early autumn sun. I remember cultivating the soil in the spring, watering, watering and then, yes, watering some more. Read More
Practice
Self-Compassion for parents; Take Child’s Pose
“”If you don’t believe in God, it may help to remember this great line of Geneen Roth’s: ‘that awareness is learning to keep yourself company.’ And then learn to be more compassionate company, as if you were somebody you are fond of and wish to encourage. I doubt that you would read a close friend’s Read More
The Silence Beneath…Time In
“Draw alongside the silence of stone until it’s calmness can claim you.” –-John O’Donohue ( lines from “Blessings for the Exhausted”) “Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the silence of another world waits.” — John O’Donohue (lines from “Anam Cara: A book of Celtic Wisdom”) Every parent knows the thousand sounds a Read More
Meanwhile, I Keep Dancing…
“I get up. I walk. I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing.”–Daniel Hillel A new mamma said recently, “I went into pregnancy with one body and came out with someone else’s, I think they did a switch at the hospital.” Does this sound familiar? Are you having trouble feeling at ease in your body Read More