Locusts and bumblebees and katydids whirring in the background, clear blue skies, and sunshine floating down on top of us… and my husband and I reading. Side by side. Both of us, for fun. Just because. This moment, I assure you, has not happened, since… I cannot tell you when. Certainly one of us has read for work or out… Read More
Today’s moment was simple and pure. While my oldest three children packed lunches and played for hours in the woods designing and building an epic fort and tracking animals like foxes and deer, my husband, five year old daughter, and I went for a walk. We meandered along past homes built on developed farmland during the post World War II… Read More
Happy Friday, friends! We made it! My moment today was kind of born from a reminder I got from a meditation earlier this week. The message was “right now, it is like this.” When I first began my meditation journey, I would become annoyed when I would finally find a few minutes of quiet in a tucked away part of… Read More
It’s incredible, really, how sometimes one concept, said slightly differently, can open your eyes…. or maybe circumstances need to be aligned just-so, so that the clouds part and you can finally see the sun. My moment came early today when I was doing my morning meditation. On the Calm app, every day, a meditation is cued up waiting for you…. Read More
Well, this one will be short and sweet. I had already written today about a deep and lovely moment this morning as the sun rose. Then the day got busy. And then came baseball practice for my two sons tonight. My husband offered to help coach our boys’ baseball team with two friends of ours this fall ball season. Second… Read More
Seeking Moments Challenge Day 19 of 30. Life is strange right now. As a friend texted this morning, these days are crazy, disconnected and uncertain. These last many months, I have never felt more separate, more out of the loop, more alone… while simultaneously feeling so alive, and, as an empath, feeling the varied and intense feelings of others around… Read More
Wonder. A few days ago, the meditation I had done was a reminder about the gift of wonder. The open opportunity we all possess to view this world and every little thing in it as a delight. The smell of cinnamon. The sound of crickets on a summer night. The aural pleasure of hearing children’s laughter. The feeling of spotting… Read More