wrap your arms around me...

it has been a hard week. hell, it has been a hard year. but the sun is shining here in portland, the trees are plump with green leaves, we have baby blue jays living in our backyard, the garden is sprouting and the kids continue to blossom every day- reminding me of what is truly important in this world. and it's the moments like these that i want to wrap my arms around and never let go...


in other newsly news;
*we had two special visits with dear s.f. friends this weekend--miss laurel & miss peggi
*the chicken coop is almost done and the girls are itching to get out.
*mateo is an insesant babble machine-- sometimes i know what he is saying and other times i guess...
*pilar has only 2 weeks left of being a 1st grader!?!?! crazy!
*i am on my own the next couple of days and am a wee bit nervous...does this feeling ever go away?
*david is taking on a business partner and shifting business direction! this is a good thing! (more later).
*i managed to NOT cook dinner for the past 2 nights-- not cooking dinner is like a mini vacation.

why we love waldorf

PVS-Charter Renewal Version from Hellinabucket on Vimeo.

this video was created to support our school's charter renewal that was up this year. our school's charter was unanimously approved for another 3 years! we are incredibly grateful and it is very clear that many others are as well.

this tender work

mothering is tender work. it brings up so much grief and self reflection that sometimes it feels too much to bear. that is what i am realizing in all of this- this past year and a half has really rattled me, shaken me in to awakening to who i really am and who i really want to be in this world. along with this comes the realization of who i have been and not always liking that person. grief. i know all of what i have been feeling this past 1.5 years has purpose and is slowing guiding me to my own truth but that does not mean it has been without much pain. but slowly, i think i am learning that all we really have in this life is this moment- that's it, the future is uncertain and the past is over. and being in this moment is sometimes the hardest place to be.