Shape Shifting…Changing my Path

Shape Shifting…Changing my Path

I’m having a BIG SUMMER. My youngest son is leaving home.  The beautiful boy whom we’ve raised and coddled is departing the nest and testing out his wings.  Interestingly, I feel different than when my first child left home; I felt grief and trepidation...
Teaching my children to be happy

Teaching my children to be happy

I am learning how much I want my children to be happy. Of course, many of us want children to be happy; we want to protect their innocence and joy, as we wish someone had done for us.  I think the instinct to be protective of children is a good one…until we start...
The Children are the Way Showers

The Children are the Way Showers

O men, grown sick with toil and care, Leave for awhile the crowded mart; O women, sinking with despair, Weary of limb and faint of heart, Forget your years to-day and come As children back to childhood’s house. ~Phoebe Cary I have known for a long time that...