Our beloved like-family friends are visiting from California this week! Watching the Monkey splashing in the tub with Gentle Girl (almost 2) and The Queen (4) sent my heart sputtering. I wish wish wish to have like-family friends right across the street, to peacefully raise children side by side, cooking together, empathizing over the struggles, [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Postmodern tribal living
Posted in Family life, tagged biology, community, connection, evolution, family living, home, survival on March 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Self-compassion, a birthday gift
Posted in Being myself, Connected Parenting, Self-care, tagged birthday, breastfeeding, Connected Parenting, exhaustion, nurture, resentment, Self-care, Sleep on March 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Today is my birthday and it started in a FUNK! I am healing from a physical challenge and nights can be painful for me right now. I didn’t get enough sleep. And the monkey was restless, waking often. By early morning, he was demanding to nurse constantly and my breasts felt like empty prunes. Finally, [...]
The ten ways you changed me
Posted in Being in the body, Children growing up, tagged birth, birthday, body wisdom, breastfeeding, connection, empowerment, healing, VBAC on March 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Dear little monkey, you were born one year ago today. One year is a tiny space to fit the whole of your life so far. You were born, your huge baby brain sucking information and creating pathways; you doubled your weight in just a couple of months (imagine!); you said “Baby” at four months from [...]
Sex and squash
Posted in Being myself, Family life, Mindfulness with food, tagged cooking, sex, squash on March 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Picture this: me, smeared with the remnants of the monkey’s breakfast (oatmeal and banana), cleaver in hand, sweat pouring from my brow, slamming the hard flesh of the squash over and over on the wooden cutting board, chunks of tile flying, and still, it rolls, unblemished, solid, mocking me in its thick skinned way. So, [...]
Better never than late?
Posted in Family life, My coaching practice, The balancing act of motherhood, being present, tagged being late, chaos of mothering, preparing, scheduling, time management on March 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I hate being late. I know, I know, hate is a strong word! But when I am late to an appointment, meeting, party, event (you name it) my gut is twisted, my driving gets punchy, and that furrow between my brow (newly deepened it seems) becomes a valley. These days, I feel like I am [...]
Hold On To Your Kids
Posted in Children growing up, Connected Parenting, Family life, tagged behavior, Children growing up, connection parenting, cultural disconnection, punishments, rewards, teenagers on March 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Papa Bear and I went to hear Gordon Neufeld, author of Hold On To Your Kids, speak last week. It was organized by a Parent Educator here in Portland who greatly enriches my life with her passion for fostering connection between parents and their kids. I won’t give you his whole spiel or even sing [...]
My baby was abducted by aliens
Posted in Children growing up, Family life, Sleep, tagged dreams, fear, growing up, panic, sleepwalking baby on March 8, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I bolt up from a dead sleep, an electric sensation of panic in my gut. Glancing over at Papa Bear, I see he is sleeping on his side, lips blowing open like a cartoon character snoring. My hand instinctively reaches to my right and hits empty pillow. Frantically searching in the dark, I lift pillow, [...]
Make no sudden moves…
Posted in Children growing up, The balancing act of motherhood, tagged learning to walk, separation anxiety on March 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
These days I find myself creeping around my own house like a thief. I carefully weigh the benefits versus the cost (the monkey howling) of getting up from my chair to go to the bathroom, grab the phone, make myself lunch. He is happy playing as long as I am sitting close at hand. Occasionally, [...]
A village
Posted in Family life, The balancing act of motherhood, tagged breastfeeding, newborn, postpartum, postpartum doula on March 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday the monkey and I had a tea date with a good friend and her new baby. Seeing a newborn (in the monkey’s hand-me-down clothes no less) took me back to those first few weeks of life with TLG (the little guy). Is anything more surreal? I felt like the world stopped, shifted strangely on [...]
Holding on, part two (the commitment)
Posted in writing, tagged making commitments, publishing short fiction on March 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Okay, so here is the deal: the monkey took six steps today in the middle of the living room. I opened the sacred files and pulled out a short story almost completed and began the edit. Once the kid is walking full-force, I will send the story off into the world of envelopes, stamps, possible [...]
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