The first three years of Ella’s life I went to very few Doctor’s appointments with her. These early appointments were terrible, filled with devastating predictions of Ella’s future. Doctor’s would pull out those charts, the growth and the developmental milestone charts. They would point out that Ella’s growth and development was not on either chart. [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Making your own milestones.
Posted in accessability, inclusion, parenting a child with special needs, postpartum depression, unconditional love on January 20, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Place your oxygen mask on yourself before helping others.
Posted in meditation, parenting a child with special needs, postpartum depression, unconditional love, yoga on January 17, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Anyone who has flown on an airplane has heard the flight attendant announce “Place your oxygen mask on yourself before helping others,” in their pre-flight speech (those people who pay attention to pre-flight speech anyway). As a mom this alway struck a cord with me as a selfish, even irresponsible act, “Of course I will always [...]
Check that ego at the door butthead.
Posted in meditation, unconditional love, yoga on January 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Recently the Bikram yoga studio where I practice has been very crowded, lots of new people and people who haven’t practiced for a while that made New Year’s resolutions to come to class. It’s always fun to have new people, during class I silently encourage them, hopefully, helping them to stay in the very hot [...]
Hoarding behavior.
Posted in meditation, parenting a child with special needs, postpartum depression, unconditional love, yoga on January 3, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Several times a year I clean and purge our clothes closets, linen closet, medicine cabinet, pantry, bookshelves and Ella’s toy box. I end up with several bags of trash, recycling and donations each time I clean, along with a huge sense of satisfaction for the tasks completed. I don’t like to hold on to things [...]
