But she said, “No, no, no.” My mom has been fighting cancer of the pancreas for 15 months now. This is quite the rarity. She’s an extraordinary and shockingly strong woman. She is doing the whole experience on her own terms. She does not want anyone sitting around crying over her. She does not want [...]
Oct
03
UpwardFacingDawn.com
Somehow the stars have aligned and I’m now motivated to promote my services as a yoga teacher. You can ‘like’ Upward Facing Dawn on facebook, to be kept abreast of my latest thoughts on yoga as well as my teaching schedule. Business cards are coming soon and I’ve made 8 new malas to sell at [...]
Sep
27
Steadiness
Couldn’t sleep anymore this morning. Went downstairs to fix myself a cup of coffee. As I walked over to the sink, I felt something kind of soft on the floor, under the arch of my foot. “That’s funny, I just cleaned the floor yesterday…” Turns out there was a rather large spider hanging out on [...]
Sep
13
Perspective
Once upon a time, I had a very stressful job. Being an account manager at a trade show company in California during the height of the dotcom boom, was a little like being a show hall girl during the gold rush. No, really. Money flowed, dreams were made real and every day was a new [...]
Sep
10
Voices Like Angels
It has come to my attention this morning that the number of days in which I will be sweetly awoken, without an alarm, to the sound of one of my children calling, “Mama! Mama!” between 7 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. is nearly over. While on vacation in Mexico, I had no children with me. I [...]