I awoke the other morning with a heart so heavy, it felt like a brick pinning down my body and rendering me immobile. The... »
Mothering
Mother Flowing
From the moment a child is conceived it changes you. It changes you. Who you once called “you” you now call “mother.” »
The Mother-Hood: Queen Vs. Martyr
To mothers, one day consists of several mini days. By 10:30am, we've already lived one of them. The early morning: first milk, first meal, first diaper/clothing change, first tears, first sibling scuffle, first laughs, first enormous mess to clean up...we live lifetimes within lifetimes. »
Birth Stories
Every mother knows that her birth story continually evolves as time passes. I wrote down both of my children's birth stories from my perspective right after they were born and keep rewriting them in my mind & heart. »
A Poem to Make You Smile by Erika Allen
so the girl cub really likes to take off her clothes she is almost 3 she does this all. the. time. »
On Motherhood and Faith
On a completely primal level, I find myself, in a very real sense, worshiping though my children, with the very act of mothering. »
Moonlight Gifts
In the eleven years I have known my husband he has never seen me cry. Well actually there was one time my eyes welled up for him on our first year wedding anniversary when to my elation he gave us Lakers play-off tickets. But I can’t recall a single time I’ve ever cried... »
Mother
I crave my son as night craves the day. He brings forth in every way, every single piece of my soul, seeping out around me as I go forth in the world forever changed by his love, forever molded by his essence and forever grounded by his being. He changed me. Not for the... »
Breathe
Mama . . . Means so much in so few syllables. It never ends, the job description just keeps on going and going and going. The wonderful thing about it is that you keep on finding new wonderful, powerful layers of yourself. »
Earth Mother
Earth Mother, star mother, You who are called by a thousand names, May all remember We are cells in your body »
