Evening routines have become tricky with teenagers in the home. As fatigue sets in and I crave my bedroom space, they seem to move in...

The end of October is a strange month to discuss habits, I know. Yet what I hope to encourage is that shifting a lifestyle pattern can...

Our home has felt under the weather this last week with fevers and coughs and stuffy noses. With so many friends and extended family members...

In the winter, my skin tends to feel like the branches outside my door: pale, dry, and brittle. It is more sensitive in the drier,...

At some point I’ve realized many of the boundaries and routines I create for my children are habits intended for me, for my well-being as well....

NURTURING THE WHOLE SELF As a mother, it has become easy for me to define nurturing as something I give to others–whether in marriage, mothering, friendship,...

There’s been an unplanned, obvious lull in this space the last two months, and I’ll admit on certain days, I’ve been frustrated by it. In...

Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity. ― John...

“So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit We’re nearing the final days of May, a little shocking for...

Although you might not always see or read about it here, our family has endured quite a few hardships the last few years, the sort...