Let Go. What (or whom) did you let go of this year? Why? (Author: Alice Bradley) This may not be a super friendly post but it is one that is honest. This year I let go of my sister. I come from a fractured family with some extremely bitter women. Each individual is the result […]
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reverb10.04 wonder
Wonder. How did you cultivate a sense of wonder in your life this year? Taking a moment to take it all in. Pregnancy is a crazy time in a woman’s life (especially for her first child) when her body forces her to take actions she normally wouldn’t. At some point between my 2nd and 3rd […]
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Moment. Pick one moment during which you felt most alive this year. Describe it in vivid detail (texture, smells, voices, noises, colors). (Author: Ali Edwards) Alive, primordial cracking of bones or connective tissue to the bones. I was squatting and leaning with my knees digging into my husband’s shins and bracing onto his shoulders. Behind […]
reverb10.02 – writing interference
Writing. What do you do each day that doesn’t contribute to your writing — and can you eliminate it? Each day I don’t plan. I should set up an editorial calendar. I have a little one that doesn’t make it easy to plan on a schedule, but that is no excuse. I tell folks I […]
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word of the year – mom
I can encapsulate my 2010 in one word MOM This is the year I went from a woman to a mom which really is the same in my mind. Here is the story of my home birth that details when this transformation took place. I am a mom now. Some people only see me as […]