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Archive for January, 2008

Joyful body

Posted in Being in the body, tagged , , on January 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Standing solo in the middle of the living room, the monkey looked up at the ceiling and rocked his body side to side. His arms bounced, his knees pumped, his body was dancing. With a shout of glee, his whole self was music, joy in every inch of his little body. Watching him, I thought [...]

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Vacation in BED! Part duex

Posted in Uncategorized on January 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Okay, I take it back. All back. Being sick is no longer a vacation. The intriguing novel closed, the tea pot disappeared, the smooth wrap of  lonely sheets were ruffled when the monkey joined the party. It started with a day of fussing and then a night of sudden coughing. By the next night, he [...]

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Vacation in BED!

Posted in Self-care, tagged , , on January 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Sometimes it takes my body going on strike to slow down my fiery Aries nature. I am such a doer! I am great at planning, organizing, motivating and manifesting. My strengths are not so much in resting, relaxing or letting-go. I came down with the killer chest cold Thursday night and have been in bed [...]

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The Race is ON!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on January 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »

You know it the instant you do it. You are desperate, in a hurry, feeling distracted, your head pounding with stress. You hand him the car keys as you are strapping him, screaming and writhing, into his car seat. He is suddenly happy, jingling the keys. But how are you going to drive the car? [...]

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Sixteen

Posted in Children growing up, tagged , on January 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »

We have a ticker on our family blog counting down the ages of our boys. When I noticed this week that Sweet Boy’s counter is now closer to 16 than 15, I felt panicked. He is now more a man than a boy. The surprising depth of his voice, the darkening hairs around his upper [...]

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Make the write choice

Posted in Self-care, writing, tagged , , on January 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The monkey is asleep. I have (maybe) thirty minutes to myself. Freedom. I have five hundred and thirty two things I could be doing. A hot bath? Tempting. Sink-full of dishes? I should. (which is exactly the reason I will not) Vacuum up piles of dog hair. Why? There will just be more the next [...]

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Distracted!

Posted in Self-care, tagged , , , on January 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

So the holidays came with the usual sweep of events, rushing, wrapping, mailing, eating. I got caught in the web of madness and distracted from my centering practices: stretching, meditation, writing. So, here I am again. Isn’t that the way of it? Life happens and we move faster and faster and then CRASH. Back to [...]

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