When You Carry the Weight of a Child

misty krasawski

I remember the first time the weight of motherhood settled on me.

Growing up, there was one thing I was sure of: I was going to do everything differently than the way it had been done in my house. Must be part of the wiring of an intuitive, introverted, feeling, judging person, the watching and evaluating, the tossing aside of things that obviously don't work.

But I loved children, and I knew I wanted a houseful.  We welcomed the helpless, squirming newborn with open arms and happy eyes, and I drank in the wonder of him, the wonder of the chance to get it all right.

How to Love An Anxious Heart

Kristen Kill

Much has been said about how to deal with our own anxiety- we have to attend to it when we own it. We feel the tearing at our own hearts and our own minds, and we bear the scars. But what if the anxious heart in your care is not your own? What if your husband, child, sister or friend is the one who is struggling?

A Letter to our Children About Anxiety

A Letter to our Children About Anxiety

Summer Saldana

I still remember 8 years ago as though it was yesterday, the day that I woke up and no longer felt safe within my skin.

It was the day I began to experience a fear unlike anything I'd ever known. A fear caused by nothing, soothed by nothing, and seemed to be my lifelong uninvited unwelcomed constant companion.

It was the day I no longer felt like me, and the day I wondered if I'd ever get back to me again....

 

Bi-Weekly Whole Food Meal Plan for January 17–30

Kelly Smith
Meal Planning, Recipes

Our free bi-weekly whole food menus open into a convenient pdf that includes links to each of the gluten-free recipes featured making it easy to access them with just a simple click.

Once you click on the graphics below, you can easily save these gluten-free menus to your computer for easy access anytime you need them. Then, simply click on the links within the meal plan pdf to gain instant access to each of the recipes.

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