It is almost two years since Alex and I became friends. Over time, friends would come and ask me "What is going on between you and Alex?" The easiest explanation give may not have been the easiest one to understand: We are building a house, piece by piece, adding our own type of mortar and allowing …
Natural Parenting
Self Worth and External Validation
The theme of "Self Worth" has been confronting me on multiple levels over the past 2 weeks. It keeps coming up in conversations with others over and over again, so I thought I would take a moment to really sit and honor that subject. My journey into this topic began December 27 when Alex's Ex …
The Giving Tree
And so the season has begun...Black Friday, Cyber Monday, toy commercials everywhere and tons of toy catalogs stuffed in the mailbox. Little eyes become WIDE at the possibilities and Christmas lists are written a mile long. How about we start a new sort of list and make it about how much one can …
A Kindness Revolution…
Over the past week, the concepts of Kindness, Generosity, Giving, Loving, Sharing have predominated my thoughts as I wrestle with my own internal core character which appears to some as "too kind" or "too generous" . My kindness is being viewed as manipulative and intrusive as I try to take over the …
Quiet…Listen…Hear…Truth
It's Sunday. It's quiet and still. One word keeps me thinking: Truth. What is "Truth"? It is a noun or plural truths, something that is "verifiable" or a statement of facts. That's great, but how does that relate to me and my life? There is my truth, your truth, the collective, the subjective and …