allowing and awakening

allowing and awakening

(me in Bali on my last day) We lose ourselves, sometimes, to our daily, smallish worlds. Truthfully, my world is pretty narrow. I wake up and either hang with my family or I go to work. I see my friends when I’m able – usually in small windows of time as...
Bali: the offerings

Bali: the offerings

One of my favorite things about Bali were the offerings – a daily spiritual practice of the Balinese people as a way of creating blessings, gratitude, and connection to their spiritual practice. These gorgeous offerings were everywhere, friends. I...
Bali, part one

Bali, part one

Friends, I went to Bali. And it was a life changer. When I think back on all my best decisions – the ones that have gone on to define a clear path for my life – they are the decisions that came with an intuition, a hunch, a knowing without knowing kind of...
Our work in the world, our values

Our work in the world, our values

I didn’t start blogging seven years ago because I thought it would be a good business move. Or because I wanted to find community. Or because I wanted to share my photos or art. I started blogging because I simply wanted to document my story. When I started...
trainwreck

trainwreck

I received a recent email from a dear friend that was signed, “I’m a trainwreck. And I love life.” Sigh. I can so relate. Lately, the days have been long, filled with lots of life practice: courage, boundary setting, gratitude. Sometimes we lose our...
together…me and true.

together…me and true.

today was a day. a really really good day. we’ve been taking several practice runs out and about with True since arriving home from the hospital exactly three weeks ago. at first we stayed close to home – lots of walks as we tried out the various carriers....
even through the hard.

even through the hard.

baby true looking adorable with his big eyes… we are navigating the waters over here, doing the best we can with all the help and love being offered by those close to us. we are so fortunate to have such good support. for paternity leave. for maternity leave....
wide open

wide open

(sidewalk crack beauty)   I have been thinking a lot lately about how much I love doing all the meaningless things that make up my day. I love all the randomness of running errands, of bumping into previous co-workers, of watching people buy building materials at...
love is center

love is center

i can slowly feel myself returning to my center. last nite as i was snuggling up against john, all i could think was this is what’s most important, right here, this love. it’s been mighty stressful over here on a few fronts and not being settled in a home...