Jan 17, 2016 | Motherhood
One detail of pregnancy that’s eye-opening is how fast everything changes. Week over week, there are new developments, changes, symptoms, changes, and side-effects. A few weeks ago, the little guy could hear us for the first time. There were kicks. There still...
Jan 16, 2016 | Conscious Community
It was her first post on Medium. She wrote about her beautiful son. And the hardest thing that she had been through — heart-wrenching. I read the first essay from her husband, bookmarked it, held her and her family in my hearts. I’ve never met her, but I cried for her...
Jan 15, 2016 | Mindfulness
I sometimes think that when I get sick, it’s because I’ve forgotten to listen. I’ve forgotten to listen internally, to my body. I’ve let it get too noisy and not gotten still enough to hear what’s going on. After a cold sets in, I realize...
Jan 14, 2016 | Writing Practice
I missed my deadline this morning — I usually like to have something scheduled to publish for 6 AM each day. What I’ve been doing is writing during the day and scheduling the post for the following day so I don’t stress on any single day. But, like...
Jan 13, 2016 | Life, Writing Practice
I can’t sit still, but when I write, When I write, I lose track of time, and space. The numbers on the clock rotate and I fall out of the month, outside of the place, out the person. Sometimes I lose an entire day, lost in ten thousand words of a story, one word...