motherhood

Sometimes I feel like the Rapunzel’s “fake” mother Gothel at the end of Tangled when Flynn Rider (Eugene) cuts off Rapunzel’s magical hair and that old wicked woman realizes her youth is going to fly out the window. She grasps onto it with every ounce of her soul. Oh! She…

I am always on a quest to create more organization in my life. Is it just me, or are most mothers on that same journey? I feel like if I can just tame my inbox or keep up with the paper that spills into this house or get better routines…

Lately I’ve been thinking about interruptions. Because there have been a LOT of them! Perhaps that is because my brain seems foggy these days, and there are so many things coming at it I have a hard time focusing. Maybe if I had less interruptions I could stick to my…

I’ve always wanted to learn to play the cello. I’m not sure why, but I’m pretty sure the old movie Electric Dreams had something do do with it (I know, weird, but I think there was a beautiful cello player who inspired me). Ha! Isn’t it so interesting what kinds…

It was strange to have only one child home for Mother’s Day. I was with that one child last year as well, but back then we were fully enveloped in a hospital, just the two of us in the depths of a COVID-stricken world (no one else could even visit)…

I’m still celebrating Mother’s Day around here. That’s my Mother’s Day gift to myself, I’m stretching out honoring the mothers I love. Ha! But seriously, does anyone else get a little overwhelmed on Mother’s Day? There’s so much to think about…how you’re doing as a mother, how you want to…

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…

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…

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 have been thinking about young mothers lately. Perhaps because sometimes I feel like I still am one. And then I get shocked when I look at my towering babies, FaceTime my married kids, and happen to come across old posts that talk about the old days (like this one…