Self-Awareness


The New Normal is Flux

The New Normal is Flux

As much as I have resisted this in the past, flux, more than ever, is my reality.

A Blossom Perspective

A Blossom Perspective

We're home from our trip. Thank you for all your sweet birthday blessings for my girl in my last post. Damien somehow managed kids, home, meals and working. The house was tidy when we came home, as tidy as it can be with boxes everywhere. I didn't ask questions. The ...

Celine's Home Birth Story (A Letter from My Mom)

Celine's Home Birth Story (A Letter from My Mom)

Thirteen years ago today Céline was born. Céline and I are celebrating this special birthday right now, on a short trip with my mom, just the three of us. On this very special and significant day I want to share with you Céline's (home) birth story, written from my mother's ...

My Season of Green

My Season of Green

It's started. The fiddle heads at the water's edge. The buds on the trees. The flush of green grass after all the rain. This is my happy time. These long, greening days. Watching birds descend on the field (along their migration routes I'm assuming). One day it's a flock of ...

Why Writing a Mission Statement is So Hard

Why Writing a Mission Statement is So Hard

When we stripped away the job, the career path, the retirement account, the house, and the familiar routines (on purpose) we were left wondering, now what?

The Gift of Friendship

The Gift of Friendship

Friendship is communicated in so many ways. In this season, where I feel alone in this journey of adventure and am having to grow and stretch outside my comfort zone in so many ways, I treasure these gifts. I treasure you. A box of books in the mail. Along with ...

Babies, Birth Stories & Books (a link to Laurent's birth story)

Babies, Birth Stories & Books (a link to Laurent's birth story)

If I had been blogging when my children were babies, over a decade ago, FIMBY would be a blog about birth and midwifery care, diapers and physical exhaustion. It would be about my life with littles. I'd probably talk a bit about all the work I went through changing our ...