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Wisdom in everyday life

parenting

  • What did you say?

    Unknown to a lot of parents is the dreaded day of I hate you! Said in a venomous voice from a being that you created. Being an active parent, and this means boots on the ground when your child is losing their shit due to puberty, hormones, and bullies at school. You have to be… Read more

  • The in-betweens

    This picture is a perfect representation of my today. I am in-between states, in-between moods, in-between worlds. In other words its the day right after a healing training I just completed. It’s that in-between time of making a huge leap from one state of being to the next state of becoming. Time to take that… Read more

  • the power and woes of being a parent

    I agree. I remember when I found out I was pregnant the first time. Still a teenager I had decided to keep my baby and do what I felt was the right thing. Fast forward 34 years and I am still struggling with this boy as he struggles with the disability of his bipolar condition… Read more

  • Fatherless children

    I am tired of fatherless children. I am tired of men who have children and then cannot be bothered to finish the job. Sex feels good parenthood, not so much. What is that? Yes I know sometimes it’s women falling down on the job. I know one of these types as well! I am tired… Read more

  • Manipulation

    There is a terrible precedent that is set in childhood because we are easily manipulated by our circumstances and our families. It’s the first learning curve, who do I trust as we watch ourselves manipulate for another cookie, a later curfew, some extra dollars. At the same time we ourselves are being manipulated by those… Read more

  • let’s talk about love

    Let’s talk about love. Full Definition of LOVE 1 a (1) :  strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties <maternal love for a child> (2) :  attraction based on sexual desire :  affection and tenderness felt by lovers (3) :  affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests <love for his… Read more

  • Thoughts on returning home, or home?

    I have been back for over a week now from my trip to Paris. One of the prices I pay for traveling is the level of headaches and fatigue I deal with on my return, boo hoo, right? But through the fog of jet lag and migraines is the awareness of my resistance to being… Read more

  • The art of being sick

    Ahhh nothing like being sick to put things back into perspective. What was important the day before you thought you might actually die from body pain due to the flu becomes , what was that thing I was thinking that was so important? Because nothing is important on the day you think you might die!!!… Read more

  • Mother’s day

    Funny how life is…  I was a mom at 18. The mother of 3 at 23. My life is nothing like I thought it would be. It is so much more… Inside of myself has always been an awareness of the importance of my job as a mother. The responsibility that was mine because well,… Read more

  • walking the dog

    Here in the Northland we have been experiencing a long never-ending winter. Cabin fever has most of us on edge, and frankly with good reason. Yesterday there was a break in the action meaning it stopped snowing for a minute, I think its suppose to snow again tonight. The sun actually came out and gave… Read more