Yesterday, my mind was all bound up with too much, too much, too much. The day had been full of too many kids in my house who had been spending too much time together with too much time on their hands. There is too much pollen puffing off the trees with every passing breeze, and [...]
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Maslow for Mamas: Slowing Down and Finding Your Pace
I want to be the kind of mama who moves slowly and graciously, who doesn’t rush all over the place, who drifts from one place to the next, sweeping along as though there were nowhere else to be but here. But I’ve never been good at that. I’ve never been good at lolling or loitering [...]
Reflections on a Simple Life
Reflections on a Simple Life Though these days I live a simple life out of choice, there have been times when I lived it out of necessity. My husband and I have both created businesses that encompass only what we love to do, and, over the years, we have discovered that this type of lifestyle [...]
