We are finally coming out of the Month of Sick.  Last week was Spring Break, and at the beginning of it I was wondering “how am I ever going to make it through this week?”  I could not see past my own misery and sickness.  Illness in the lungs = not fun.

But I made it [...]

I have mentioned lately that we have been sick.  It has been nonstop for the last four weeks.  No joking.  And we’ve had it all: head colds, sinus infections, ear infections, stomach flu, and bronchitis.  Enough is enough!  I have paid out more in the last month to doctors, pharmacies, health food stores, and acupuncturists [...]

I was a long week, last week.  We all had the flu in one form or another.
It’s times like this that I am grateful for the bread machine, which allows me to serve fresh baked bread with very little effort.  I’m all about making it by hand, but sometimes it’s more about the finished product, [...]

I love this book.  No other parenting book has ever spoken to me in a way that so completely embodies the kind of parent I want to be.  I read through it, marking many, many pages, and I plan to go through it again with a fine tooth comb, so to speak.
I don’t really read [...]

Eiffel Tower, painted by me, November 2002
Dear France,
I love you.  I love your language, I love your chefs, I love your crepes, and I love your music.  I love your films,  I love your perfume, I love your painters, and I love your flowers.  I love your icon, I love your fashion, I love your [...]

Since writing about sleep and rest yesterday, I have been thinking about napping.  We are big nappers in our house.  The Boy napped until age four, and I can still get him to occasionally take a nap with me.  The Girl still naps every day, and I hope she will continue to nap for as [...]

I’ve always been a sickly person.  There have been many, many courses of antibiotics in my lifetime.  Far too many to count, and far too many to be healthy.
I found myself with an infection last week.  Rather than run off to the doctor for antibiotics, I went to my local community acupuncture clinic, where  I [...]

I think one of the most important traits that a parent can have is humility.  For me, that means being able to admit to my mistakes and see opportunities to do things better in the future.  To parent organically; always evolving to the needs of my ever-changing children.
Lately, my mothering instincts have been leading me [...]

I never really liked making new years resolutions.  Something about the whole idea just never really rang true with me.  Inspired By The Bird’s tradition of choosing a word for the year, I have chosen rhythm to be my word this year.
Last year, I made balance my word of the year, and it was in [...]

Whew!  I try not to be one of those people that gets carried away with the hectic-ness of the holidays, and I think I did really well with setting limits and not taking on too much, but I feel like I haven’t stopped moving since I started sewing Halloween costumes in September!  Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, [...]