Solitude is the soul's holiday, an opportunity to stop doing for others and to surprise and delight ourselves instead..

we can learn to trust our maternal selves and to have faith in the innate goodness and purity of our children - even when we feel overwhelmed and the….

It has taken awhile, but I certainly do know it now ­­– the most wonderful gift I had, the gift I finally learned to cherish above all else, was the ….

I know I can't make time slow down, can't hold our life as it is in a freeze frame or slow my children's inexorable journeys into adulthood and lives….

...there is no such thing as a charmed life, not for any of us, no matter where we live or how mindfully we attend to the tasks at hand. But there ar….

Life finds its balance. Children grow up. Second chances come along. In the meantime, I could choose to savor this moment. What good would it do to a….

I can only bring peace to my children when I possess it myself..

Reading, reading actively, strengthens the soul..

At times, my nostalgia for our family life as it used to be--for our own imperfect, cherished, irretrievable past--is nearly overwhelming..

Alone-in moments of prayer or meditation, or simply in stillness-we breathe more deeply, see more fully, hear more keenly. We notice more, and in the….

In stillness, we find our peace. Knowing peace at home, we bring peace into the world..

We are the windows through which our children first see the world. Let us be conscious of the view..

I take the seashell from my jeans pocket and rub my fingers across its silken, indented surface, shallow as my own open hand. This chalice, subtly sh….

Perhaps the real point of life is simply to wear us down until we have no choice but to start abandoning our defenses. We learn that the way things a….

Growth and transformation occur not by changing who we are, but as we summon the courage to be who we are..

Meaning and purpose come not from accomplishing great things in the world, but simply from loving those who are right in front of you, doing all you ….

One of the greatest challenges I've faced as a mother-especially in these anxious, winner-takes-all times-is the need to resist the urge to accept so….

Now I see that the journey was never meant to lead to some new and improved version of me; that it has always been about coming home to who I already….

As I loosen my grip on the past, as I keep taking one small step after another in the direction I want to go, I discover I'm being supported and guid….

When we focus on what is good and beautiful in someone, whether or not we think that they "deserve" it, the good and beautiful are strengthened merel….

In simplicity, there is freedom - freedom to do less and enjoy more..