When the music changes
My body has grown babies of my own flesh and hope. Over the past four years, I have celebrated five pregnancies and three births. Isn’t that simply incredible? I know of the fragile balance between heart beat and silence; between blood soaking away and blood birthing anew. Those points of knowledge are rife with mystery … Read more
Self-Care Initiative. Week One: Hands
It’s Monday. (a more than manic-Monday in this household as we deal with another flu and all the fun that comes along with it….) Remember the invitation last week? We’re ‘self caring’ together! Every Monday from last week until June 20th, I’ll be posting a reminder/challenge/opportunity to help us move to a more conscientious care … Read more
self care initiative
It was one of those coveted afternoon hours that many mamas dream: all three kiddos were napping at the same time. I leaped across the laundry, thought about the dishes, grabbed my computer, made a salad, brewed a quick cuppa, and hopped into the tub, salad and all. Somewhere between the romaine, Google, … Read more
well this isn’t Christmasy at all!
This morning I woke up without a sore throat, without swollen glands, without weeping ears and eyes, and with only a bit of a cough. Amazing. After more than a month this virus thing seemed to be lifting. The boys and I loaded our sled, trekked through the snow to church, disrupted the entire service … Read more
Doing Sick Well
It’s been awhile hasn’t it? To be honest, I’ve hardly been aware of the time passing. I know the past couple of posts have been “Yuck I’m sick” focused, but that’s where I’ve been livin’ so here comes another one. We’ve been sick. It’s “just a flu”, a fact of life, nothing life threatening, so … Read more
beautiful sick day
EDIT: Alright…maybe ‘loving it’ was a bit strong. The fire is out, the movie is done, and it’s all not quite so cozy and doable as it seemed this morning. Days like today are when we need a greater strength of character and peace and grace than the realities of pain. Rest and peace to … Read more
My day floated (swirled? flushed?) along lemon-and-honey tea. Knightley has some of the same in his sippy cup. Jeremiah had some because he thought it’d be nice to have ‘tea time’. We’re a house of sickos and I need you to share some (natural, pregnancy safe) remedies! Why? Cuz The Towns ‘bug’ has got us … Read more
just killin’ time till 7:30
My naturally happy and compliant 13 month old is MISERABLE. I haven’t seen him like this since his newborn weeks. His eyes are gummed shut, his voice is hoarse, and he looks like a little goul with black circles around his bloodshot eyes. As my voice is disappearing and my eyes are burning, I guess … Read more
Hello, It’s late, for me at least. But, I’m up and sitting in the darkened kitchen; me, my belly, and a bowl of pumpkin cake and cream. I negelected to load up on calcium and magnesium at dinner time. Sadly, while much of my body is telling me that I’m in need of a deep … Read more
smiling over spilled milk
Lately, I’ve been making fantastic homemade yogurt. It’s thick. It’s created with local raw milk. And it’s my breakfast (with fruit and almonds and a drop of maple syrup) every morning. Earlier this week, I had just sampled an especially perfect batch. But, as I went to scoop the rest out of the draining bowl…I … Read more
