Dawn
Focus/Refocus
As I came out of the shock of what was happening in Japan, New Zealand, the Middle East, the attacks on democracy within our own borders, I needed to find a way to to be more centered and grounded in the world around me, refocusing my attention back on my family. So I picked [...]
I Am
It’s time for a personal update that is all about Dawn the Person instead of Dawn the Mom. I’ve had an extremely powerful past few months, approaching age 40 in 2 years and really beginning to self actualize.
About twelve years ago I had a vision. In the midst of my [...]
How I Spent My Weekend
We bought a home just over a year ago and are finally getting around to making it “ours”. Our first project was to paint the boys’ bedroom. Logan loves color and had very strong opinions about wanting a dark blue room, we were able to get his buy in to add some green, using their [...]
Self Portrait #1
One of my blog friends, Laura, is many things including but not limited to: mother of twins, runner, career woman, and photographer. She did a post today encouraging more pictures of ourselves and suggested Friday’s for these images. My fancy camera is on loan right now to a friend who is expecting a [...]
You Say Goodbye and I Say Hello
It’s been a week now since Forest said good bye to naps (Logan gave them up about 6 months ago) and I find myself with no official child free break during my day. Surprisingly, the timing seems to be very nice because the boys are so good about playing with each other that I find [...]
Roller Coasters
Last year Brad and I decided we wanted to renew our childhood by making time to go ride roller coasters. I think it was riding on Space Mountain at Disney last fall that did it for us. Anyway, we finally got a chance during our recent trip to California when we took time to go [...]
Special Friends
We’ve had a whirlwind past few weeks with Brad’s parents visiting, Flipside (the regional Burningman event) and then a short visit from old friends Bob and Gyee. Bob and I went to high school together in Germany back in the late 80’s – early 90’s and through a lot of time and shared experiences [...]
Knowing
This morning I read the article “Guilt Trip into the Woods: Do Kids Really Need Nature?” and it brought up the need to write for me. At first I thought I was going to write about balance and how nature and the modern world are not mutually exclusive and pitted against each other. [...]
Earth Day
We went to the grocery store this morning and as will often happen, the boys asked for a balloon at the register. Today is Earth Day so instead of their usual red and blue balloons with various colored lollipops attached, they had big bright green balloons with green lollipops. The boys were disappointed [...]
Spring and Creativity
I’m just a few weeks away from my braces coming off. The boys were one when I got them on so they don’t remember mommy without metal on her teeth. I can’t wait to see what they think. It’s very strange to me that my children won’t know me with my fangs [...]
