Mothering: The Great Resistance
In the past week, I’ve had a handful of seasoned mothers synchronistically validate my desire to pull inward. At the co-op yesterday, a mother of now grown children said, “Motherhood is THE resistance.” Exact words that have been coming into my heart and mind for weeks now (hence the title of this piece). And today at the end of a phone call with the doula who was with through my first birth, she reflected, “Being a Mother is the most important work.”
When Curiosity Dissolves
It’s easy to miss — the subtle ways curiosity fades.
Unlike Lake Superior sunsets, rarely is it dramatic.
It’s not marked by big displays of emotion or color.
Before anything erupts in relationship, curiosity has dipped well behind the horizon line of connection.
From a Road Less Traveled
It’s been 9 months and over 20k miles since I first left CO in December 2020 in a bright cherry red camper van. I hit the road with a deep intuitive feeling this was exactly what I needed while also not knowing exactly why. I leaned in, trusted, and did my best to surrender. Some part of me knew I was being guided.
When You’re Disconnected
In every relationship, disconnection happens. While it may be normal, it isn’t healthy. When disconnection seeps into a relationship, what we do with it matters most.
A Lesson: on Simplicity
That’s exactly what simplicity reminds us of, that it’s not as complicated or convoluted as our minds might cause us to believe. But as humans, we too often forget what matters. We get tangled up in our desiring and longings, which is precisely where the damn complications come in. Simplicity becomes lost through all the unnecessary “stuff” accumulated over time,