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no is a necessary magic no draws a circle around you with chalk and says i have given enough – boundaries (anonymous) // I was walking down to the garden the other morning, when a line from Maurice Sendak’s, Where the Wild Things Are ran through my mind. A...
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Some days, after working in my office all morning and eating a quick lunch at my desk, my body grows heavy and slow and my thoughts turn to molasses. With just an hour left before the first child arrives back home, before I leave to work an evening shift at the...
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“I think I was hoping today would be some kind of magical time of rest and renewal,” I said to the gathered circle of participants as we reflected together at the end of our day of silent retreat. There were several smiles and at least one good snort as I...
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(Ah, friends. Welcome. It’s still January, I have 7 more days of teaching to go. My husband has manned five pediatric sick appointments in the last two weeks and today we return together with our oldest son who’s illness doesn’t...
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“Slow down.” These words rise from heart to head each morning as I wake. I hear them walking away from a networking meeting at the small, brick café down the street. I hear them when the kids whirl around the kitchen like snowflakes in a blizzard and it’s...
