A Mindful Life

I forgot to post last week’s alphabet craft. So here are the letters M and N. M is for mountains and marshmallows

Claire trying to whistle. Today she is talking about her body being very powerful, and the color of her power is yellow. Her imagination inspires me. Please also enjoy this — me at age 5, Claire at age 3

The other day, Claire was watching one of her very-favorite-of-all-time-in-her-life shows: Dinosaur Train. It was the end of an episode; I was nearby on the computer. Suddenly she burst into huge sobs. I was startled. What happened? What’s wrong?! I asked her. Her chest was heaving, and she wailed out, “They s-s-said good-bye!! I’m so [...]

I think we have a budding insomniac. Lately, Claire has taken to climbing out of bed after being tucked in and rocking in her chair for hours (if we allow it). Then it started in the middle of the night. She’d wake up, get out of bed and rock, several times a night. When asked [...]

Time is very precious. Do not wait until you are dying to understand your spiritual nature. If you do it now, you will discover resources of kindness and compassion you didn’t know you had. It is from this mind of intrinsic wisdom and compassion that you can truly benefit others….Moment by moment, we should look [...]

Outside my window… The sky is clear and stellar. I am thinking… that I need to stop procrastinating and clean the kitchen. I am thankful for… my daughter, who asked to sing along with a folk song CD and book collection today. From the kitchen… I made white bean chili today. I am wearing… goosebumps. [...]

About ten years ago — more than, probably — I found a fabric I loved. I didn’t sew then, but I bought some. When we moved in, I hung it in Claire’s room with push-pins as a makeshift curtain. There wasn’t enough to make curtains for the window, but it did block some of the [...]