(Part 1 is yesterday back HERE.) After our delicious Swiss dinner Anita took us on a walk up the mountain behind her house. The farmers who live on the land told her to feel free to pick as much fruit as she wanted so we filled our shirts and pockets with the most perfectly ripe…
Have I mentioned how much I adore my mom? Just wondering, because there probably aren’t many days that go by without gratitude oozing out of my heart for that woman. I feel especially grateful for her this week as I am fighting jet-lag upon “re-entry” into the real world after a pretty fantastic trip with…
My Mom and sisters came to visit the desert a couple weeks ago. Oh how I adore these women. It’s like Christmas morning when we get together…serious therapy for my soul. Let’s just pretend that my mother was actually placed better in that picture up there…she needs to be front and center…or let’s just…
Last week I had a mixture of two of of the best things: my favorite mother’s group: “mfme,” and “Gift from the Sea.” A book that is quite fabulous that my mother had us read before we gathered. What is MFME? Let’s back up though to explain MFME to those who are wondering what in…
Each year my Mother gathers up her daughters and daughters-in-law like a mother hen and takes us on a little trip. (a couple are missing from that picture but you get the idea) She used to call it the “Future Mothers of Eyrealm,” (FME) but the fact that we started having kids threw a hanger…
Every year my sisters, sisters-in-law and I have a mini reunion. It’s called MFME (an acronym for the girls in my family). It was founded by my amazing mother years ago when all of us girls started leaving home. Since we scattered all over the place, MFME is totally precious to us. It’s our one…
Last summer I found a new favorite painting. I mentioned it before, but have never come back to write about it. Because life gets in the way. But I have been teary thinking about it this week leading up to Mother’s Day, as I have been contemplating the “elongated arms of motherhood.” Bear with me…
Fall break was two weeks long, so we smooshed a lot into that thing! One thing I haven’t mentioned yet that I loved was the Restore Conference. It was the best conference to facilitate belonging. This is a conference some friends attended and loved last year, and I felt drawn to it. So to be…