The word of the day is yurt. It doesn’t quite roll off the tongue as much as it slingshots through the mouth. Webster’s Dictionary defines yurt as: “a circular domed tent of skins or felt stretched over a collapsible lattice …
The Legacy of a Mail-Order Bride
My father worked as a busboy at a noodle shop in San Francisco, Chinatown. My mother was a mail-order bride, whose marriage was arranged by a “mei-ren,” a Chinese matchmaker. At 17 years old, she flew from Hong Kong and …
Love Times Two
“Every pregnancy is different,” so I’ve heard, and have now experienced. When pregnant with my first baby, everything was new and exciting, curious and magical – and also terrifying. Now, 38 weeks into my second pregnancy, I sure don’t remember being …
Surrounded by a Great Cloud of Witnesses in Target
As any mother knows, when your husband is traveling, and all your planning and creative strategies and Amazon Prime-ing have fallen through, you have to do the thing you are always trying to avoid at all costs: You have to …
Truly You: The Work of Being Your True Self
Secure attachment is the holy grail of child development and most moms are preprogrammed to pour themselves out so their kids can attain it. Little ones drink us in deeply, and then when ready, they concentrate their energies beyond our …
The Way She Mothered Me
My mom always smelled faintly of Rapture perfume and Suave hairspray. When I close my eyes and try to conjure what it felt like for my five-year-old self to hug her, I can feel the soft knit of a worn-in …
Play Is Not Just a Little Word
If your world is like mine, it is full of checklists, shopping lists, reading lists and even a bucket list. But I bet the one list you do not have for your family is a play list! Most of us …
Free Indeed: MOPS Theme 2017-18
MOPS 2017-2018 Theme: Free Indeed Every year MOPS comes up with a rallying cry – a concept that will guide our entire tribe of women for the coming year. This year, we’re digging deeper into the idea of being …
Rage Against the Loneliness
Lately the landscape of my mothering has been much less manicured and mostly messy. My life is a constant ebb and flow of laundry-dinner-dishes on a steady cycle of eat-wash-repeat. This lifestyle might not be glamorous, but it is important. …
Olly Olly Oxen Free
“Eight, nine, ten … ready or not here I come!” Giggles unmistakably coming from behind the curtains. Doing my best to play along, I feign a search throughout the living room making my way toward the window. Unable to control …
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