Family
toney atone: my family goals
There are a few things I’ve been saying to my family, hoping they’ll see things I see as problems and make “us” feel better. No one has wanted…
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Tag: spirituality
Body & Health
Survival is a fast car
On a recent talk the speaker asked her audience how many were “in survival mode.” One quarter of the hands went up.* I found this revelatory, not because…
Culture
Beyond Belief
I don’t go to church, my kids don’t either. The other day I realized that even though I don’t engage with organized religion anymore, that there are many…
Family
The low road
Walking with my son in the “fairy woods,” we came to an intersection in the trail we’d come to many times before. “Which way should we go?” he…
Best of Mommess
to women who’ve made themselves a holy mess of wonderfulness
This is a shout out to all women, like me, who have experienced trauma and made themselves a holy mess of wonderfulness. This is a shout out to…
Mommess
The worm
Do you remember that story* about the two dimensional world, and what happens when a sphere goes through it? First the sphere looks like a dot, then like…
Culture
They made their bed, let ’em lie in it
This is one of those posts I didn’t want to write. But this refrain keeps going through my head, so this is as good a way as any…
Culture
Quantum Audience
In quantum physics theory, the intention of the experimenter can determine an experiment’s outcome. In this tiny world of stuff, scientists have an understanding that intention itself —and…
Family
A message to my son on Mother’s Day
Hi O! You are four now, and not one for lengthy or deep conversations, but there are so many things I want to say to you, so I’ll…
Culture
Red Face to Chance Grace
For the first time, I have experienced a random Trump supporter asking me how she could ameliorate election-based stress in her family. This came within a heartfelt 2-sided…
Body & Health
Self Care Salvation
[first posted on Nov 10, 2016] I have been feeling shocked. But I will not stay there. When you are in shock, for real, you need stuff to…
Mommess
Intervention
During a rough patch in my life, I had a life-changing experience that I was the last person in the world to get “It.” “It” was an understanding…