I’ve been thinking lately about the divine role of nurturing (mothering). I know Mother’s Day can be tricky for some for many reasons. But the power of nurturing is so incredibly beautiful. From the dab of hair gel to hold down an unruly cowlick on the boys head in front…
This is an old question linked to an old video (but a really good one!). I’m sharing it today with my “10 ideas to foster strong sibling relationships” (back HERE), because I feel like this is stuff I think about over and over again. We can use all the love…
One week a month or so ago when I was at the end of my “parenting rope,” my sister told me about something her yoga instructor had said during a recent class. They were trying to hold a complicated pose and the instructor had said, “don’t worry if you lose…
I am going to see if I can start to stay a little more up-to-date around here. Like, let’s talk about what happened this last weekend. Started out with Lucy and I heading to Wisconsin for her doctor appointments. These mother/daughter dates are usually pretty awesome. I mean no one…
Little did I know when all those little girls were bouncing around full of drama (which they still are…some more than others…) …that they would grow up to be some of my very best friends… And best friends with each other as well Oh they have their moments…that’s for sure…
Did you know there are over 700 new synapses formed per second in babies brains? Interactions in the early years of parenting literally shape the architecture of the human brain as these synapses are forming. (Just a few tidbits from another early childhood development class I’m taking online that is…
I’m sure a lot of people out there follow sharonsaysso on instagram. She is pretty awesome, gives an unbiased view of what’s happening in the world (I took one of her “government for grown-ups” classes and it was so good!) Not only is she smart and incredibly talented about sifting…
We have been having some family Zoom calls on Sundays lately with my family. A couple weeks ago I posed a question to everyone that my brother Tal had brought up with me in a previous conversation. (Tal is the brother who lives in Switzerland and had introduced me to…
Isn’t the world amazing? Don’t you think that even when you’re in the grumpiest of moods, being out enveloped in it’s goodness can’t help but make you feel better? I have found that it sure does the trick on transforming a cantankerous teenager. And also her mother. On Saturday Lu…