I parent by nature because nature is the God in my bones. I cherish an ideal of parenting that keeps me close to the Earth and is as instinctive as the rooting mouth of an infant. While it is easy to find a community of mothers who also subscribe to natural parenting values — “crunchy” moms if [...]
Every holiday season my mom used to buy my brother and I a chocolate advent calendar. Every December day leading up to Christmas I opened a little cardboard door to reveal a Christmas symbol-shaped chocolate. I loved my calendars, and I got one every year until I moved out of the house. Now my mom [...]
My blog is working again! In case any of you missed it, the blog was acting pretty funky for 24 hours (missing blog posts, half disappeared blog posts). It was like a virtual toddler with virtual scissors got access and went in and just started haphazardly cutting. I seriously thought my toddler was probably to [...]
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I received the following letter over the weekend from a woman who wished to share her story with as many people as possible. The same letter has already been posted on the Mommy News Blog, but I decided to print it here too. I also have a different slant on this. I have left out [...]
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The Waldorf Christmas Fair is my personal holiday highlight of the year. I look forward to it almost as much as I look forward to Christmas. The joy and magic is absolutely intoxicating. If you’ve never been to one – you must! First of all there are the people. Waldorfians, if I may call them [...]
I’ve had such a bad day today. Not only was the work day bad but the fact that I can’t go out tonight to release the pressure that builds inside you when you have a bad day is, well, very bad. So I’m blogging about it. Without a picture. Just so you get how bad [...]
I love quizzes. I really do. When someone hands me a questionnaire or something to fill out, my eyes gleam with excitement. I get diappointed at doctor’s offices when I can’t check any of those little boxes that ask if you have a pre-existing health condition. So many boxes, so few health troubles. Yes, I’m [...]
