life’s simplest pleasures and life’s greatest joys : all hung from a clothesline.
I love food, gathering people around the table, asking questions and stimulating conversation. I love challenging and open-minded discussions that grow me, make me ask why, who, and how. I find I am overwhelmed with a heart for women and helping them feel competent, strong, able, and empowered. I have a love of learning and […]
It takes a village. Truly I can’t tell you how many people we come into contact with every day. And we need every single one of them to raise our boys. Whether it be for actual physical needs; for the contributions they can make into who my boys are becoming; or as voices and a presence […]
Motherhood is truly a balancing act. Balancing who you are. Balancing how you parent. Making choices to produce balanced children. Life is a balancing act. I started this post weeks ago, but then my friend Megan who writes at Tending the Sheep wrote this post about extremes and balance – “Life to the Extreme.” It inspired […]
Isn’t it interesting… At least it is to me… that after two years of being focused on “transparency” and “authenticity” I now find myself focusing on privacy and boundaries. A year time of privacy, setting boundaries, and intimacy. In a world full of social networking and sharing I find myself wanting to hold my cards a […]