Category Archives: me
respite
i want to say more. but what more is there to say. rest does not come easily. perhaps never did. tv’s and computers, radios and 24/7 work hours, blackberries, i-phones, e-mail and all of the other temptations and post modern … Continue reading
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peace
international day peace it is a happy coincidence that today, while i woke up resolved to shift my gaze inward and focus on my own internal sense of peace, calm and fulfilment it happens to the international day of … Continue reading
Filed under me, self care, the spirit within, working mom
then
Y and I left the polling place and walked the several blocks to the subway entrance. it was warm and sunny and outside of the city you might have been overwhelmed by the peaceful late summer sweetness that was in … Continue reading
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me (still waiting with evelyn but not counting-day nine)
this years christmas tree still up in late january when my mother came on her way to the innauguration ‘what’s this going to be’ she said ‘you’re valentines tree?’ dedicated to evelyn who once said something that reminded me how … Continue reading
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coffee
I am on a path toward a just relationship with the world one where i give at least as much as i take i’m on the path toward that place i am not there yet have a long, long way … Continue reading
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the spirit within
q, july 09, 6 AM with fossil he found on path i believe we are born with our spiritual selves fully formed and ready to guide us but then the world and our own egos get mixed up in the … Continue reading
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baggage
it is inevitable the baggage our children carry through life is largely weighted down by our actions as their parents this morning was awful it started last night when we went to a party that started at 6:30 in the … Continue reading
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Strawberries
One August night, almost 14 years ago on the Island of Nantucket I sat with Tracy, her father Richard, sister Kelly and friends, Aveen, Terry and Ann. As birds sang their forever song and a soft breeze came in through … Continue reading
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what we ask
we ask our children to work so hard to be brave beyond words we imagine that childhood is carefree at the same moment that we ask them to master skills that are new, seemingly impossible and more complicated than anything … Continue reading
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success
late one night when q was three or four months old i sat down on our deeply uncomfortable couch and sobbed exhaustion and failure overwhelmed me it wasn’t postpartum depression when he was awake i was thrilled blissfully happy but … Continue reading
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