Travelling with children to and from remote places, nothing is easy and the road is filled with challenging stumbling blocks. Welcome to the yearly adventure… It’s a solid two days of traveling for…
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How to start and turn meditation into a practice. Acknowledge the importance of taking time for your own well-being and reveal truths through stillness. I meditated this morning. For the first time in what…
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Along with my afternoon tea, today failure tastes like homemade banana bread abundant in walnuts. It tastes welcoming and satisfying. I’m pretty sure I’ve come full circle just as a lesson in appreciation.…
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Do the opposite of what you feel like doing. This has been my advice to myself. You feel like sleeping longer? Get up. You feel like staying in your pyjamas? Get dressed. You feel…
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[This post is inspired by this article about living abroad.] Do you ever wish you could CSI a moment in time? Like if you lost your keys, you could use an app that looks back…
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home & lifestyle pregnancy & parenting relationships & love sisterhoodUnblocking Writer’s Block (or: A Glimpse Into My Day Lately)
Right. Just write. “Mommy, do you want someone to sleep with you in your bed who doesn’t kick you and loves you most of all?” – Yes, a night shift begins. Toss, turn, a…
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Before apps, there was playing outdoors. And as I think back, “go, go, stop” seemed like about grade two for me. But lately, life (wonderfully) has been feeling like an eight year olds’ game…
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I have to start by giving you a description of my kitchen – unlike a regular kitchen, it’s not just another room in my house. It’s actually part of a separate building. “How does…
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It’s been eight years – some of them verrrrrry long – since I moved to Ethiopia. I need to do a little truth telling about me and this place I don’t call ‘home’. I…
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culture & community pregnancy & parenting sisterhoodA World Without Water (Or: Living in the Present)
By now, it’s a familiar story – the housewife who has lost her way. I just never knew it would happen to me. I’ve been opening myself up to joy – whether it’s finding…