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Hope – Faith

I place my hand onto the ground; I press my palm into the just slightly damp and cool earth – not yet warmed by the afternoon sun. Almost instinctively my fingers spread as I ache to feel more. The blades of grass tickling between my fingers. I imagine all that exists under me. The layersContinue reading “Hope – Faith”

What if everything goes right?

Daliah had to have four teeth extracted under anesthesia. I wrote this as I was in the waiting room while Ryan stayed back until her IV was in. What is it about human nature to be so anxious for things we have no control over? Daliah will be Daliah at a time like this whetherContinue reading “What if everything goes right?”

I AM THAT I AM

Who are you? A question that we’ve all answered often throughout our lives. From introducing oneself as a child. “What’s your name, what grade are you in, what are your interests?” To college applications: “In 500 words, share who you are and why we should admit you.” To job applications, resumes, and interviews: “Write outContinue reading “I AM THAT I AM”

How I Ended Up Here

I’m going to take the next step in being real and vulnerable. Pair that with the fact that May marks “Mental Health Awareness Month,” I’m going to share a bit more on how I ended up here. Anxiety is built into my DNA. I have lived with this reality my entire life. I managed itContinue reading “How I Ended Up Here”

Not Looking

It’s amazing how much we miss everyday – focused on the to-dos of life. Running from one thing to another. Spending the vast majority of our days inside under artificial light. I always assumed that I had to be “busy.” I could never “not work” – I’d go “crazy.” Well, here I am. I’m justContinue reading “Not Looking”

A New Start

On this Mother’s Day, I’ve decided to relaunch my presence on my blog with a big update. I have worked full time for ever. When Daliah was born I took two months fully off and then spread that third month of leave over six months. That’s it – I’ve always been a working mom. InContinue reading “A New Start”

More musings on AND…

The state of the world is rough. COVID, politics, isolation, polarization. So much of this can be approached with AND as well. I recently shared some thoughts after some back and forth on social media from this picture of my first COVID-19 vaccine record. I consider myself having a diverse set of friends (at leastContinue reading “More musings on AND…”

Fall in love with AND

My daughter has a book that is entitled “What if…? Then we…” (by Rebecca Kai Dotlick). My favorite line says “What if… every crayon in the world melted? Then we would grab our pencils and fall in love with gray.” The next day, I was doing my daily (ok- my goal is daily- let’s beContinue reading “Fall in love with AND”

In this one…

I have joined an incredible writing group and for the last couple of sessions, we have used the prompt of “In this one…” where we take a photo and write an interpretation of what we see. The first was with a photo that I took and here it is: In this one… … you areContinue reading “In this one…”

Love

Here is what I think – hang on with me as I might get a bit woohoo on you – but this is what makes sense to me. We are all human. We are all made up of the same energy – you can call it G-d, spirit, universe, Mother Earth, Love – but thereContinue reading “Love”