Lessons in Friendship
It's 3 o'clock on a Friday afternoon and I'm standing in front of the elementary school, waiting for my first-grader. Any moment, the brick building's front doors will swing open and my girl will appear, smiling as she catches my eye from the top of the concrete steps, then bounding towards me, taking two steps at a time. It's one of my all-time favorite things about parenting. The just-out-of-school, slam-right-into-Mom greeting. It started in Pre-K, and God knows it won't last....but for now, it's the highlight of my day. Any minute now. She'll be dismissed and I'll be relieved of the ...
No Place Like Home
Ahhhhh, January. It's finally here. After months of what feels like non-stop activity, there's something so nurturing about the cold, dark days of January. We retreat inward, taking time and space to reflect on the previous year and look ahead to all that can be. We take comfort in the warmth of our homes and we slow down just enough to really enjoy time with our loved ones. We nourish our bodies and feed our souls with hearty soups and stews, and we feel gratitude for morning light, no matter how late it makes its appearance each day. Until recently, being ...
Move Over Ferris Bueller
I have a love/hate relationship with most parenting magazines. I love them for their dead-on interpretations and resolutions to baffling behaviors and childhood challenges. I hate them for their perfectly perky parents and crazy cute kiddos in the glossy photographs, not to mention their obsession while celebrity families. But this week, a headline on Parenting's Facebook page caught my attention: How to Take a Mommy Day Off. I had to click and find out what this was all about. I mean, besides the fact that it seems almost as unrealistic as the permagrin on their latest cover girl. Every Mother's Day, my ...
Family and Fitness: Tie Score
It's 5 o'clock in the afternoon on a crisp, October day. I'm driving home from work, my head swirling with to-do's, my body aching to move after a long day at behind a desk. It's been a full five years since I last spent so much time on my rear end, and I've never missed fresh air and sunshine like I do in this moment. But despite this yearning for a cool-weather workout, I know my family is waiting, and most likely a run is out of the question. When I get home, I am desperate for time with my ...
On Today’s Menu: Taco Surprise
Double Thumbs Down. That's what my six-year-old Sarah gave the tacos her school served her for lunch this week. To say I was proud would be the understatement of the year. After all, my kid's desire to buy lunch in the cafeteria has been the source of all of my going-off-to-first-grade anxiety since the moment she recieved her kindergarten diploma three months ago. And here she was, deciding that the mass-produced, government-regulated meal wasn't to her liking. Bravo, little girl, bravo. Forgive me for wanting to protect her from frozen french fries, sugar-laden strawberry milk and mystery meat. She is my first ...
Off the Mat Practice Makes us all Better Moms
Excuses, excuses...I could come up with at least a dozen right now. Â Excuses of why I haven't written a fresh post, why I haven't been running as often, why my yoga mat is lonely in the dark basement which is my home practice area, why I haven't cleaned my bathroom or put away my clean laundry...but I swore when I started this blog that I wouldn't be one of those people who starts out a post with such excuses. Â And so I must keep my word! The thing about excuses, is that they only bring out a new level of awareness, ...
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Lessons in Friendship
It’s 3 o’clock on a Friday afternoon and I’m standing in front...
No Place Like Home
Ahhhhh, January. It’s finally here. After months of what feels like non-stop...
Move Over Ferris Bueller
I have a love/hate relationship with most parenting magazines. I love them for...
Coffee Calls
It’s Day 14 of the Whole Living 28-day Action Plan, the exact midpoint, and...
Family and Fitness: Tie Score
It’s 5 o’clock in the afternoon on a crisp, October day. I’m...
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No Place Like Home
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Follow the Leader
“Let him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince...
I Grow With Yoga (The Kids Yoga Resource)
This spring, my kids and I have returned to “Little Family” Yoga Class...
Yoga Inspires Discipline and Other Values in Children (The Kids Yoga Resource)
How great is it to know that yoga can help you teach your kids important values and...
Breaking Out of The Comfort Zone
Facing the dilemma of what to write about tonight, it was going to be one of two...
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No Place Like Home
Ahhhhh, January. It’s finally here. After months of what feels like non-stop activity, there’s something so nurturing about the cold, dark days of January. We retreat inward, taking time and space to reflect on the previous year and look ahead to all that can be. We take comfort in the warmth of our homes and we slow down just enough... [Read more of this review]
Coffee Calls
It’s Day 14 of the Whole Living 28-day Action Plan, the exact midpoint, and my email in-box is telling me to have some coffee. Easy enough, right? Oh, except….I’m pretty sure they’re telling me to have it for the first time since the detox began. Right. 14 days without coffee. Despite my best intentions of following... [Read more of this review]
New Years in December
Today is my New Year’s Day. While most people spend the month of December overindulging in food, slacking off on sleep and ignoring their normal exercise routine, I decided to make my new year’s resolution now and start taking better care of myself. Today is Day One of the 28-Day Mind Body Challenge on Whole Living.com, and while I sip... [Read more of this review]
Boobie-licious? Not how I see it.
There. It’s done. The will-I, won’t-I decision is finally made, and I’ve stopped breastfeeding my nearly-9-month-old son. There’s all kinds of guilt going on, as I imagine there is for any mom deciding whether to start, continue or stop nursing. But for me, it’s about remembering to value my own health and happiness,... [Read more of this review]
Family and Fitness: Tie Score
It’s 5 o’clock in the afternoon on a crisp, October day. I’m driving home from work, my head swirling with to-do’s, my body aching to move after a long day at behind a desk. It’s been a full five years since I last spent so much time on my rear end, and I’ve never missed fresh air and sunshine like I do in... [Read more of this review]
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