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Marriage & Motherhood
I just love this reflection over at Kelly Rae Roberts about marriage after baby. She says, “Parenthood,
like any other big transition in life (marriage, separation, moves,
etc), throws you into major opportunity to grow into new versions of
yourself and into new versions of partnership and marriage. They aren’t
kidding when they say it’s life changing. I think it’s self changing. Marriage changing. All the changing isn’t easy, but there is wholeness and healing at every turn.”She goes on to say, “We’re… Read More
finding the pieces just don’t fit together the way they used to in the
marriage puzzle, the self puzzle, the community puzzle. The pieces -
The Natural Deodorant Saga Continues
Argh. How many more posts will I have to write before I settle on a final solution?The pursuit of more healthy deodorant is not something I want to give up on. I’m honestly nervous about the potential carcinogens lurking in the products we use day in and day out (I tried to stop using canned beans to avoid BPA, but I really can’t get my act together to soak and cook them so far in advance; instead, I’m switching to Eden Organics, which uses BPA-free cans–and, by the way, seems to have some awesome, easy recipes on their website!).As a recap of where I’ve been on this… Read More -
Calling All Kindred Spirits (Well, Kindred Spirits in the Contiguous U.S.)
My publishing company and I are beginning talks about how to publicize the book(!), and I’m toying with the idea of going on a book tour. The aforementioned book tour would have to be 2000 Dollar Wedding style: meticulously inexpensive, DIY, and community-minded. Here’s the rough draft version of what I’m thinking:
- Schlepping Matt and Henry with me (in January and February before Henry turns two and we have to start paying for a seat for him on the airplane)
- Only going to cities where a kindred spirit is interested in hosting us* (I know it’s a lot to ask–we are saving up all our money for a house
