Mindful Mothering

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    The Faith of a Child

    “Coincidence is God’s Way of Remaining Anonymous.” —Albert Einstein Etched in my mind is the image of my mother on the day she taught me to pray. She is sitting at a table, her back very straight, her hair curly. She brings her hands together in front of her, aligning her long slender fingers—one to [...]

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    Parenting as the Practice of Freedom

    Does parenting reinforce the control and domination in our culture or is it a reflection of the freedom we claim to value so dearly? When I stepped into the role of parent, I didn’t question the foundation upon which that relationship was built in our culture. I saw myself as an individual who was responsible [...]

  • Three Good Things to Read, Watch and Use

    “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” — Helen Keller I was recently contacted by the website,27goodthings.com, with a request that I share three things that I feel are good to read, good to watch and good to use. [...]

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    Ten Steps for Taming a “Tantrum” With Love

    We’ve all witnessed it – our serene and blissful child transforming before our eyes over a seemingly small disappointment or discomfort. His freshly built, wooden bridge toppling over with little brother’s touch. Her sock being situated incorrectly within a shoe. The cookie denied. Suddenly our little one’s breath becomes shallow, tears spring to their eyes. [...]

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    10 Signs that You May Not Be Present and 10 Ways to be Mindf

    One week ago I way lying in a hospital bed with my mother, holding her hand, my cheek next to hers, wading through an illness that had stopped her in her tracks. I thought about how it must have felt to be a baby in her arms so many years ago. I looked at her [...]