Family
hiding in the library
I hide in the kitchen, extending the time it takes to do dishes. No one comes in during that time. This is the only way I can eat…
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Body & Health
watching water drops turn to birds
So, I’ve been missing poetry in my life, or more like, missing the poetry of life. I used to get my fill by watching period pieces (think Jane…
Body & Health
Authenticity v Indulgence
Wow, I just looked at my home page and it started off with two very yucky titles: The dark dog of exhaustion and the deep suck of depression……
Body & Health
Dark dog of exhaustion
I love to watch my kids sleep. I enjoy this for many reasons; to witness a state of deep relaxation, to observe their sweet features, and to know…
Body & Health
The Deep Suck of Depression
I’ve been around depressed people. You can feel it. It’s like they have more gravity, and their energy pulls on you. It makes you want to run away,…
Mommess
Quote Day
Below are a few quotes that have caused me to pause at different times in my life. Hope you enjoy them. You can’t get enough of what you…
Creativity
Safe Sleeping
I spent my writing time putting this together, because it feels prettier than anything I had to say today. Mommesses can break the rules. Any. Time. They. Want.…
Body & Health
The Inside on Fight or Flight
If you’ve ever had a panic attack, you know what the physical “flight or fight response” feels like. The rapid heart rate, dark, narrow vision and focused, simplified…
Culture
Efficiency vs. Effortlessness
I’d let my house get even more out of control than usual. Laundry piled high, dishes not quite done, backyard with a spillover of inside toys, piles of…
Family
Tasslenisms: part two
see also Tasslenisms One ♥ Tasslenisms Two ♥ Tasslenisms Three Tasslen at egg hunt: Look mom, a double yolker! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Tasslen: mom, can I…
Mommess
Womanness
Leaving blanks, and spare of words. Images instead. Even a most Simple woman, Can leave a most complicated man Scratching his head. Follow Mommessa’s board The Journey…
Creativity
Empowering words
I sway between thinking words have relatively no import (when you think of the sheer quantity of words on the internet, and how often we act because of…