Joy Practice
Because joy is a practice and it is also our birthright.
Journey
When I watch epic adventure movies, (think The Hobbit, Harry Potter, Willow, Moana, Star Wars) there comes a moment in each story where I experience a sense of exhausted empathy with the protagonist. It goes like this: UGH. Can’t I just stay home?! My little inconsequential, mediocre life was great. WHY was I chosen for…
Fight Song
The other day while transplanting earthworms from the acequia to the strawberry patch, Henry tripped and dropped his worm on our gravel driveway. I rushed over to find it and return it to softer ground. Despite looking closely within a wide radius of where I thought it could be, I didn’t see it. Henry, coincidentally,…
You Might Make it Further if you Learn to Stay
Around hour 24 of my 36 hour back labor with Ellis, I turned to my midwife and said, “I can’t do this.” She held my hand firmly, locked her eyes on mine and said, “You are doing this.” In labor, like in life, it’s the fear of what’s coming next that gets us. How long is this going…
“Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic.”
— Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore
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