Self-Care During a Pandemic
The term “self-care” has become so buzzy in recent years that it’s almost lost its meaning — but COVID is a brutal reminder that… Read More
Category: Lifestyle
Parenting Through Trauma
(Below quote written in June 2020) When I began putting this piece together back in early May, our world was just suffering from one… Read More
Mom to Mom: Waking up to Black Lives Matter
My white family — my husband, our three daughters (ages 4, 4 and 7) and me — live in Minneapolis, not far from where… Read More
Settling In To the “New Normal” – Summer and Beyond
Published originally in our Mother’s Day Newsletter. Click here to subscribe. It’s day sixty-something of shelter in place here in Northern California. Honestly, I’d really… Read More
The Art of Toy Rotation
Around his first birthday, my son had accumulated quite an impressive array of toys. Some I had purchased whimsically while pregnant, some I got… Read More