The Breaking & The Blessing of Mothering Our Teen Girls

The Breaking & The Blessing of Mothering Our Teen Girls

I keep looking at this photo of my daughter, taken a few days ago. Just a mundane moment captured: simple, radiant happiness sourced by new succulents. I mean—could she be any more precious? Arayla’s beauty astounds me every day. Her bright, sweet presence. Her depth...
It All Comes Down To

It All Comes Down To

It really all comes down to how we choose to navigate this moment. So often I find the best and most honest choice I can choose in this moment is to open wider. Or to listen, or to breathe, or to burn, or to allow, or to let go, or to give thanks, or to tell the...
Lessons in Prioritizing Soul

Lessons in Prioritizing Soul

A few mornings ago my boy Ezra and I fell unexpectedly out of sync with all of our supposed-to’s, and suddenly found ourselves immersed in a pocket of pure soul sweetness.     I heard him bumping around in the kitchen in the wee hours, fixing himself some breakfast,...