Mina called from her dad's today to talk about monsters. It seems that after 2 years, they have decided to come in and take up residence by her bedroom door at night. Her father is back from Turkey for a short time, so she has been spending an extended period of time there this week. Apparently, …
Mostly Happy Journey
Collect Moments, Not Things
Christmas is coming and the rush has begun to begin buying. More and more I want to buy less and less for the girls. Years from now will they really remember that doll or that game? What I want are memories. I want them to have a collection of memories and moments that will always be theirs no …
Make-Shift Meditation
Make*shift: sufficient for the time being. When we become parents, we all have this idea in our head of how it will be. Pinterst has given us idealized picturesque scenes of perfect spaces where mom's can retreat to reclaim their inner tranquility while the children "Ommmm" in the living room. Our …
Life Lessons for my Little
Learning how to say how you feel and explain it in a way others can understand is hard. It is a lesson Mina is learning this week. Her dad is coming back soon after about 5 weeks in Turkey and the proposed visitation schedule is not what Mina had anticipated. At first, I wanted to take her thoughts …
Welcome to Wonderland
“Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood: and how she would gather about her other little children, and make their eyes …