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When you are lying in bed…
Model of Incan house ceiling, Sacred Valley, Cusco, Peru Michelle Ramírez

When you are lying in bed…

When you are lying in bed and   you look at your clock for the fifth time. It is now 3am, but you are still awake. You have been tossing and turning all night. Sound familiar? It probably is at least vaguely familiar. We’ve all…

All the leaves are brown
Muir Woods, Mill Valley, California

All the leaves are brown

When all the leaves are brown   Ahhh, yes. It’s that time of the year again, when the leaves start turning a beautiful brown, orange and yellow in the northern hemisphere. Like the song says: “all the leaves are brown, and the sky is gray.”…

When mamas leave before their time

When mamas leave before their time

What to do when mamas leave?   I feel the need to get something off my chest this week. I recently received an email from a mother who has a terminal illness and her time on this earth is coming to an end. It was…

Mama Guilt
Southern California, USA

Mama Guilt

As I pondered on what to write this first post about, the issue of maternal guilt came up. As someone who went to a catholic school for eight years, I am quite familiar with the concept of guilt. However, the mama guilt is a whole…