Perfectionism
One of my favourite pastimes is running. I started running around 12 years ago and since then I’ve run for fun, for fitness, and for completing the challenge of running races. To date, I’ve run a 5K road race, a 16K trail race, and two half marathons and I’ve enjoyed the experience immensely. As of [...]
From there to where?
My dear friend Erron wrote a fantastic piece on her blog today about parenting styles and the judgment and guilt that go along with our choices. I’ve been mulling it over all day and trying to put to words my feelings on the whole topic. First, I believe that judgement in parenting is real. I’ve [...]
What’ll I do when I grow up?
Sometimes I feel like I know where I’m going, chugging happily along in the midst of the daily joyful chaos that fills our family home. We’re moving forward to the vague future out there. We’re growing the kids. We’re exploring our interests. We’re building lives full of goodness and love. And then something falls from [...]
Doing the ‘do
As the mom of 3, and in particular as the mom of a mom-centric toddler, I tend not to spend a whole lot of time doing things for me. The result of this ended up looking something like this: (In a small bit of my defense, my hair wasn’t always this terrible. I’d been wearing [...]
A Decade of Days
Me and my little Nick and my friend Jo. Ten years ago today, I gave birth to Nick at the hospital I can see today from my bedroom window. I was young and unaware of what was in store for me, he was small and beautiful and soft. Right about at this time on that [...]
What is babywearing?
Babywearing is historical. Babywearing is multicultural. Babywearing is for tiny babies. Babywearing is for kids. Babywearing is for siblings. Babywearing is how Mom is able to make meals. Babywearing is how Mom is able to parent the big kids. Babywearing is how Mom takes care of two sick kids at once. Babywearing is how we [...]
Game On! wrap-up
I blogged a few weeks ago about the Game On! challenge I joined and I was buzzing right along in week 2 last time I checked in. I had big plans to do a final re-cap on the last day but life happened and I’m getting to this a few days later. First off, I [...]
Common Ground
The kids and I spent today at a friend’s home with a handful of other families. The premise was to do some planning work for our Attachment Parenting group but, as always, the “working” portion of the day was only a small part of our time. We chatted about the kids, we ate, we stopped [...]
Week 2 Game On check-in
Today I’ve completed the 12th day of the Game On challenge. Just about at the half point, I feel like I’m really settling into a groove with it and reaping some great results. I feel really good. Between the good food, the exercise, the copious amounts of water, the vitamins, and the flower essences, I’m [...]
The Ten Un-Commandments of Parenting
Parenting is a personal and deeply emotional thing. No two people parent the same and everyone feels like they’re trying their hardest (and yet usually failing in some way). I’ve seen people latch on to theories from books, advice from others, and behaviors linked to labels. And I’ve seen a lot of people uncomfortable with [...]
