Who celebrates you?

I’ve had something brewing in my mind for a while, about women.  Not about how we mother our children or balance our day to day lives parenting, filling our days with whatever work we choose, and all the other responsibilities we juggle. No, today I want to talk about women, and how we relate to one another.  How we support one another, lift one another up, celebrate each other….or don’t. I spend a fair amount of...

What do you want to be?

My son and I have a conversation every so often that never fails to amuse me.  It’s one that happens in almost every household in some form or another, but it’s different with every kid. It’s the ubiquitous “you know what I’m going to be when I grow up?” and boy, there is nothing cuter than a wee human declaring to all the world how they will spend their future. It is fun for us as parents, we love imagining who...

Memories in the garden

I am thinking about my late grandmother. In my mind, I can see photos I have seen of her, picture her home and the small town where she lived.  I remember playing in the attic and the upstairs bedroom that seemed a secret hideaway.  I remember the pebbly green cover on the spare room bed, and can feel the weight of lid of the candy dish in her living room.   I remember the purple columbines that grew at the entrance of...

How to be a Psychic Mom

If your home is like mine, with a little one who suddenly became a bundle of activity, it happens all day long.  You glance up, and your babe is playing quietly with her stuffed animals.  A few seconds later she’s nowhere to be seen.  Or, you watch your little guy flipping through board books, only to suddenly hear water spilling around the corner.  Water?  What water?  Where did he go? Forget eyes in the back of our...