How do I plan a birth blessing that’s not stupid?

December 8, 2010

This week’s worry: How do I plan a baby shower / mama blessing that’s not stupid? I want to have a mother blessing ceremony for myself but I don’t know how to do it. I’m just not sure what to do that will be meaningful…. ie. not stupid and fraud-ey feeling. Trust me. I get [...]

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How do I find the time?

October 8, 2010

This week’s WORRY: How do I find the time to cook like an old-time mama? I mean, it takes weeks to ferment a crock of sauerkraut, and I have to get breakfast ready a whole frickin day in advance?! Are you kidding? How can any real live mama DOooo that? If I start I won’t [...]

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How do I talk to my children about death? PART 2

August 9, 2010

There you are in the car…. Grandma has passed away and you are on your way to her house to gather with family, wash her body, prepare her for vigil….. your 5 year old asks you: How did grandma die? You think back to last week’s post. You have a few immediate thoughts: Ok, so [...]

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How can I lessen the morning chaos?

July 1, 2010

This week’s WORRY: How can I lessen the morning chaos? You’re trying to have everything set for the day before your partner leaves you and your new baby for the day, or maybe you are struggling to get your four year old to eat breakfast…. Perhaps you feel so rushed its hard to breathe, or [...]

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May Day Verse

May 1, 2010

The Loom of Dreams I broider the world upon a loom, I broider with dreams my tapestry, Here in a little lonely room I am master of earth and sea And the planets come to me. I broider my life into the frame I broider my love, thread upon thread The world goes by with [...]

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How do I talk to my children about death?

April 25, 2010

This week’s WORRY: How do I talk to my children about death? one line….. and then silence….. I mean how do I even talk to myself about death – especially in front of others??? What if I hurt my children by talking about death? or curse them, or frighten them??? We finally left the Humane [...]

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How do I find a Rotten Egg

April 24, 2010

So, here we are with our forty-one eggs on Easter morning…. ready to make our Quiche and crepes. Problem is that because they were collecting over time in our girls secret spot, we have no idea how old they are and if any of them are rotten! We could blow each one (in preparation for [...]

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What do I do with all these eggs?

April 5, 2010

This time last year I had a huge epiphany. As Easter was approaching I had been pondering the season and feeling rather uninspired. I didn’t feel like forcing myself into a false celebration and I just couldn’t find any point of connection with the Easter Holiday. We did take our daughter to her friend’s house [...]

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Am I working too much?

March 28, 2010

This week’s WORRY: Am I working too much while my children are so young? Am I a bad mother because I WANT to work? shouldn’t I just want to be with my children all the time? Shouldn’t they be enough? Why am I so selfish? If I could wave a magic wand, would I wave [...]

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Mastitis

February 23, 2010

This weeks WORRY: What should I do, Oh my doG, I am soooo cold, what am I supposed to do again? My whole body aches…… but if I keep nursing on that side won’t it just make it make more milk so it will never ungorge? I feel so horrible, should I just go get [...]

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