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Because I know it is possible some of you do not keep your homes visitor or in-law ready 24/7, I have provided simple step-by-step instructions for what to do when you get the random text at 10 am on a Tuesday saying, “Hey, I’m in the neighborhood and thought I would drop off that book of excellent parenting advice I’ve been telling you about.” This will also serve well for those situations in which you forgot you had plans with someone until they announce they are headed over. Ditto for occasions on which you remembered full well they were coming over but were too busy trying to keep your toddler from coloring on the library books to do anything about it…. And are then filled with a rush of adrenaline/panic/doom as you look around your laundry and toy strewn living-room, gaze upon the dishes overflowing the sink and observe the yogurt slowly dripping onto the kitchen floor…. Not that I would know what that is like… Ahem. Nevertheless: Instructions! Grab laundry basket Throw all contents of living room floor into this basket. Hide said…
Hi friends. Welcome. If you love spirituality, mom life, yoga, and green, natural living, you’ll feel right at home here. If, on the other hand, the preceding sentence made you throw up a little bit in your mouth, you will most definitely feel at home here. So…. about me. I’m a wife, a mom, a mental health therapist, and a living, breathing human being. Despite appearances (maybe?) of normalcy, my life has been altogether strange. Like Alice in Wonderland I find myself frequently thinking, “Curiouser and curiouser…” In 2012, I met a spiritual teacher, and that encounter changed the trajectory of my life (not to mention blew apart my old paradigms). Before that, I was trying to find meaning in life by rock climbing a lot. Now, I’m trying to find meaning in life by UNDERSTANDING THE TRUE NATURE OF REALITY AND THEN REMEMBERING IT ALL THE TIME ONCE I REALIZE IT (that should be no problem, right?). Since that first encounter, there have been many ups and downs; I’m usually more lost than found, but I find immeasurably joy in nesting and snuggling up with my family…