Each day I take a moment to reflect on how my day was, enjoying and savouring every moment with my children and trying to learn to deal with the new challenges they throw my way. Today I found myself thinking of the time when my 5 year old daughter Zoe came running to me whining […]
Author Archives: ashley
topics swirling together in this brain of mine…
what can i say about the devastation that is occuring in asia? how can i begin to marvel at the force of mother nature? besides donating to relief efforts, how else does one respond to such tragedy? i find myself thinking about Reggio Emilia, a small town in Italy. Following the devastation of WWII, the […]
christmas love
i woke up this morning feeling the gitters and the joy that sprinkles in with the dawn of this day. It’s Christmas! We get to Play! and as the jewish girl for whom chirstmas has no real meaning, i ponder what this day represents for me. i feel this day as one of honoring and […]
projections
~ projections ~ What do we do, how do we respond when someone projects their “undesirable thoughts, motivations, desires, feelings, and so forth onto” us? (wikipedia) And how about when someone projects desirable thoughts, feelings, and motivations onto us? How do we protect ourselves from taking projections personally? How do we cleanse ourselves of other’s […]
~story people vacation and celebration time. i’m off to explore parts of this big state i’ve yet to see and celebrate two years well spent in texas being educated and growing… growing… growing… learning to hear the music everywhere and bowing humbly when all i can say is thank you. Comments: Dearest Ashley. How easily […]
his world and my world
play therapy: a child told me that he felt like he was in another world. he just felt blank inside (he’s probably 7). he said he couldn’t sleep at all last night and it just got worse throughout the night. he just feels blank… and he kind of feels like a robot. (i should mention […]
bridges and channels
whew… i’m doing all i can to keep up with the speed of life unfolding around me. yesterday i wrote to brandy : holy shit, i’m on Fire. Growing Whole… learning big lessons on purity and truth and goodbye and grief and dreaming and … wow, wow, wow. pop, pop, pop. electric fireworks. i am […]