This week has been begging for ibuprofen. Now, I didn’t take any. Not that there’s anything wrong with taking some ibuprofen if you need it here and there. Ibuprofen is an anti-inflammatory medication, and it works. Too much of anything isn’t good though, and…
It’s been a hard week. Do you ever feel like you’re not doing anything right? I mean in a deep, core-of-who-you-are kind of way. We all wear different titles: friend, mother, wife, doctor-lawyer-indian chief (you know what I’m trying to say). There’s a level…
This post is either for other moms of young kids or for women who’d like a reminder to be vigilant with their chosen method of birth control. You’ve been warned… There was a day, long long ago and far away, when I dreamed of…
My five year old split the back of her head open this week. This was a classic example of the beating the youngest child in the family takes when her siblings are more than a couple of years older. I didn’t witness the…
I’m ready. It’s been more than three years since I started dreaming about moving into a career of integrative and holistic health. I know this because I spent part of one day this week reading back through my old journal. It was kind of…
I think I’m finally getting it. Here we are a few days before Mother’s Day, and I’ve been reflecting on what Mother’s Day is really about. I mean, for me, Mother’s Day isn’t about sleeping in (ha!), breakfast in bed, peace and quiet and…
Ahhh, spring! The warm breezes bring flower petals and the notes of early morning bird song, the light perfume of flowers in the air and… End of year testing! You might think that because we homeschool, we get to avoid the crunch of school testing…
Last weekend, Perry and I took our oldest to her first dance. A middle school dance… Yes, I remember middle school, that amazingly awkward age where some kids are thought to be the coolest ever and others seem to be destined to be…
I am so frustrated. How did it get to be April already? It seems like I was just recovering from Christmas and all the January birthdays, and all of a sudden I’m making the office schedule for July and frantically looking for summer vacation…
Welcome to the recap of Tea Talk: Food As Medicine Part 3 – Extreme Eating! We had a wonderful time together on March 10th, but I know there were many who wanted to be there and couldn’t come, so here’s a few pictures and a…