Showing Up

Unable to share my location- as promised to my friends back at the resort, I stuffed my newly purchased gift shop towel into a borrowed backpack and marched forward. I found myself in Maui, somewhere between Hana and Paia, about to enter into a jungle. While not visiting Hawaii alone, circumstance had it that IContinue reading “Showing Up”

Difficult Times: A Look Into One of My Hardest Moments as a Mother

Aurora, only eighteen months, is in what my sister-in-law refers to as the dumping stage. She has, for the fourth time in the last hour, emptied a drawer in our kitchen. As utensils, hot pads and one random cup are spread across our kitchen floor, I release a deep breath. Baerett, her three year oldContinue reading “Difficult Times: A Look Into One of My Hardest Moments as a Mother”