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December 13, 2016
Tea Time: Finding Peace in Shared Ritual
A mother of young children is unlikely to describe her home as peaceful. Certainly lively, hopefully joyful, but not usually peace...
December 12, 2016
Wholeness Within
The normal to-do list is overwhelming. The holiday to-do list makes me wish for hospitalization or incarceration just to escape it...
December 8, 2016
Wholeness, in Parts
I texted a group of mom friends this question: During the crazy holiday season, how do you create peace and wholeness – shalom – f...
December 7, 2016
Christmas by Design
The holiday season is fast approaching, complete with delights and disappointments, merriments and meltdowns. What a blessing and ...
December 5, 2016
Facing Political Talk at the Holiday Table
Here it is, the first Christmas season post the craziest presidential election in recent history, and you have to go over the rive...
December 1, 2016
Our Family Home
How do you define home? Is it the result of the neighborhood you choose, the messages and furnishings you fill it with, or the lov...
November 30, 2016
Restless Nights
Everyday worries can keep you awake. Sometimes at night Edith can’t sleep. She goes through the “what-ifs”: What if her son gets s...
November 29, 2016
Redefining the Friendship Loss
In the middle of a very intense season of my life, my two best friends connected over a shared project and from my perspective, fo...
November 25, 2016
But I’m Not That Mom
But I’m not THAT mom! kept running through my head. I don’t do smocked dresses or big hair bows. I don’t sew. I barely brush my ch...
November 24, 2016
Choosing Holiday Traditions That Fit Your Family
Let's face it - the holiday season can be overwhelming for moms! Not only are we negotiating with the in-laws, stretching gift bud...