Do the holidays bring you more anxiety than joy? Do verging political views, differing lifestyle choices, or rivalries make your family holiday gatherings feel like a bed of dry tinder ready to spark? You’re not alone. Last year 90 percent of participants in a nation-wide “Holiday Stress Index” survey said the holidays cause them stress…
We’re all familiar with the learning curve – that slow, hiccuping start we get off to when we tackle a new task. The period where we suck at something, which is the necessary preamble to the period where we kick ass at something. I’ve watched my two-year-old son wobble, fall, and falter hundreds of times…
December 21 is the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. Locales above the Arctic Circle, including parts of Canada, Alaska, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Greenland, and the very northern tip of Iceland will experience 24 hours of total darkness. You can find out when the sun will rise and set where you…
“Oh, for the good old days when people would stop Christmas shopping when they ran out of money.” ~Author Unknown By now, we’ve all probably seen and heard news stories like this: Holiday Season Gets Off to a Good Start It’s Going to Be a Merry Christmas for Retail Holiday Shopping Spree Good News for…
I’m thrilled to announce that my article, “Raising Babies in Prison”, appears in the Winter 2011 episode of YES! Magazine. It’s about the Residential Parenting Program at the Washington Corrections Center for Women, which allows selected pregnant, non-violent inmates in the minimum-security wing to raise their babies for 30 months in prison. I’ve interviewed many…
“In wildness is the preservation of the world.” – Henry David Thoreau My son didn’t want to leave the park. He tugged on my hand, pulling me toward the swings. “Let’s stay here.” The wind was starting to blow, rain spattering our faces. “Come on. I’m hungry,” my husband called. He was already halfway down…
