A Mindful Life

Chad, whom I’ve known via blogging since 2002, has announced the birth of his son, August. Please take a moment to wish them hearty congratulations. Even if you don’t know him, chiming in with joy can only add to happiness all around.

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. –Dorothy Nevill

After the last post, I felt better. Freer. My mother called back and gave me excellent motherly support. Then I made peanut butter toast and ate while talking to Claire. Then we played more, then she ate, then she was very sleepy. So a few minutes shy of noon, I took her to her room [...]

I recently began receiving Parenting magazine though I didn’t order it. So I assume it was a gift. The problem is, there was no card or any notification of this. If you happen to have subscribed me, please email me and let me know. I’d like to thank whoever did this kindness!

Please stop me from reading news reports like this from Florida: A medical examiner found dozens of internal and external injuries on Ariana’s body. The infant had five new fractures on her ribs and more than a dozen old fractures. There was a hematoma and a cut on her spleen. Her liver was bruised, as [...]

Stella Gives Claire a Cat Shampoo Becoming Friends

We attended our first Music Together class. Here’s a tidbit about MT: Music Together is an internationally recognized early childhood music program for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, and the adults who love them. First offered to the public in 1987, it pioneered the concept of a research-based, developmentally appropriate early childhood music curriculum that strongly [...]