real, raw motherhood
Kids cost money. No surprise here. Feeding them. Clothing them. Educating them. One of the biggest chunks of our budget goes to pay for our daughter’s extra curricular activities. Here is her weekly program: Mondays: Sewing and Violin Tuesdays: Art class every other week Thursdays: Swim class (we just had to stop and I’ll explain…
I love books. I love to be surrounded by them. I love to touch them. I love the crispness of thick glossy paper and the rugged feel of cloth binding. I love the shine of gold leafed editions. I love the musty smell of weathered well loved oldies. I love the strong scent of brand…
We made it to the new year. We’re the lucky ones. Even if you don’t believe in making resolutions, pause a moment and take a deep breath. You are alive. What are you going to do with that life? I plan on enjoying mine. I went through a few dark months in the second half…
I spend a great deal of time and mental energy trying to make sense of the mystery of life. In a moment of infinite clarity, it finally came to me. There is no making sense of life. There is only living it. Life is not as complicated as we think. It is magnificently simple. Be…
I did it. Faced the fears. Silenced the excuses. By telling my daughter that today would be the day, I had given myself no way out. The next generation was watching and learning. It only took five minutes to walk there. We went up one escalator, then two flights of stairs. “If the line is…
We were at the beach enjoying a Thursday lunch picnic. The weather was perfect. Sunshine. Blue sky. Gentle breeze. We had made camp on the sand under the shade of the pine trees. We had feasted on egg filled tortillas, fresh cut vegetables and fruits. Our tummy full, we had lied down for a short…
What makes a good life? Is it having food every day? Is it a roof over our head? Is it money in the bank account? How much? Is it health? Having two legs to walk on and two hands to touch with? Is it Love? Motherly love? Romantic love? How many people can check every…
We just finished listening to the audiobook version of Pollyanna by Eleanor H Porter. I was familiar with the name but knew nothing of the story. This title wasn’t even on our reading list but my daughter stumbled upon it in our Kindle app and, out of curiosity, pressed the start button. She came to…
There are only two sure things in life: death and taxes. Most of us are painfully aware of taxes and plan carefully around them, yet most of us turn a blind eye to our mortality. We live as if we were eternal. We spend our days as if they were unlimited. Death has been on…
The key to happiness is the acceptance of now. We can learn from the past and plan; we can hope for the future and dream but if we don’t choose to be content with our present, we can never be happy. Regardless of what our circumstances are, happiness is our choice. We don’t have to…