by Dawn | Aug 22, 2014 | parenting, spirituality, Yoga
I may be a girl, but I know my cars. And it’s time to detail this one. I’m going to a yoga retreat today. I have to go on retreat because it’s the only time I can avoid being jumped on while I practice yoga. It’s bad karma to go on a yoga...
by Dawn | Jul 23, 2014 | spirituality, Zen
“The perfect day,” I thought. “The sun is shining, birds are singing, and the boy is off at day camp. That leaves me with an entire day to anything.” I wrote for a good long time. I drank coffee. I watched a bird smash into the window over and...
by Dawn | Jun 3, 2014 | parenting, self-improvement, spirituality, Zen
“Mommy, can you massage my back?” I do. “Can you massage my feet?” I do. It’s right before bed. I’m trying to get my little boy to stop jumping like a pogo stick. The sheets have long come off and I’m not putting them back on....
by Dawn | Apr 13, 2014 | parenting, spirituality, Uncategorized, Zen
There are moments when a mother looks at her child and thinks, “I messed up here.” The subject of God is one of them. God has always been quite good to me. I grew up in a community where everyone truly lived out the meaning of that word. No person suffered...
by Dawn | Mar 19, 2014 | self-improvement, spirituality
I left the chapel. It was the kind of bird-singing, blue-sky day even God sticks around a little while longer. Fr. Al talked about love, compassion, helping thy neighbor. The usual stuff that in the hands of a skilled orator made me want to save the world. But not...
by Dawn | Jan 3, 2014 | spirituality, Zen
“Above all else, guard your heart, for it determines the course of your life.” –Proverbs 4:23 This verse was posted in a New Year’s message in which I was tagged. I know it’s a Bible verse, but I’m going to calligraphy it all nice...
