My intention of the day was to spoil V with lots of attention, because I’m going to be gone a lot this week. We decided to go play at a nearby farm/pumpkin patch, and spontaneously met up with a dear friend I haven’t gotten to spend time with in so long, and her son. We … Continue reading
Today, your dad was getting ready to take you to the park, and I was staying behind to get ready for work. I said as much to you, and contrary to the past when you really wouldn’t get it until you were halfway out the door, today you understood. Mommy going to work. You climbed … Continue reading
I was just laying in bed, thinking, “I’m so grateful to have this challenge of writing 100 days in a row. What it’s showing me is that there doesn’t always have to be a perfect reason to write. Writing, itself, is a perfectly good reason.” Then I whispered over to C, “Oh shoot, I forgot … Continue reading
There are a lot of things I could talk about for this one. I could talk about how forty-four is my favorite number, and it’s because of a silly reason. In third grade, doing math homework, a small earthquake shook our kitchen when I was doing problem number twenty-two. I immediately decided that twenty-two was … Continue reading
I finished my reading challenge for the year! (Click here to be friends with me on goodreads!) Thirty books. To some people, it sounds like nothing, and other people have said they can’t believe I read that much. The truth is, if I didn’t have a young child, I could easily read two books in … Continue reading
I’m happy to say my patience has benevolently returned today, and I came home from work and had a beautiful afternoon with V at the park. She was also joyful and easygoing, which obviously makes things easier. We had several dance parties in the living room (Mommy, dance wid me. Ayexa, pway ‘Big Time’ by … Continue reading
But you can’t get to any of these truths by sitting in a field smiling beatifically, avoiding your anger and damage and grief. Your anger and damage and grief are the way to the truth. We don’t have much truth to express unless we have gone into those rooms and closets and woods and abysses … Continue reading
Today was the second Monday in my “make dinner four Mondays in a row” goal! I’ve been thinking about what I would make today for over a week. I wanted to make something that felt like a treat, but with much better ingredients. My daughter loves French fries, but we never give them to her … Continue reading
I got to be in nature for a long stretch of time today, twice. Which, despite our proximity to the beach and mountains, is not something that happens a lot around here. For the first stretch, I got up at 6:45am and went with Darcy to Topanga Lookout for a sunrise yoga practice & talk … Continue reading
Earlier today, a commenter asked me if I believe in closure. My exact response to her was: I believe in closure for everyone. Young, old. Long relationship, short relationship. It may not come when you want it. But it will always come. Tonight, that very exact thing happened. To me. When I was in sixth grade, I was in a group … Continue reading
small life, slow life 