I don't know how to write this post without making myself look like a total asshole. So I won't. Because I am being a total asshole. At least recently.
I have been having the most horrible, mean-spirited and hateful thoughts about another person and no amount...
Less than a week after I brought my first baby home, after the post-birthing euphoria wore off, after all the relatives had cooed, cuddled, and given back the baby -- I fell silently, like a deflating balloon, into a bout of despair.
I had nothing or...
I wrote this for Mamapedia. 1. Stop measuring your successes and failures through your children.If your little Joe Jr. or Suzy Q. melts to the ground screaming like a maimed hyena because he/she refuses to take turns on the swing while all the Moms in your...
The kids' toys have invaded every room of my house and it's making me little crazy. Right now, there are three rooms in desperate need of painting, a brigade of dandelions invading my garden, and stacks of papers that have built up over a dreary,...
When I was a kid, I could only stare at my birthday candles while people sang happy birthday. On my wedding day, as I walked down the aisle and then stood on in front of a floating dock full of guests, I could not make...
*Spoiler Alert for those who have not yet seen the movie, The Life of Pi.
Last Saturday was a tough day. It rained. Hard. I fought. Harder. I cried. Hardest.
I replied to a text sent by one of my best friend's asking me how I...
I have many things I should be doing right now. I didn't turn in my homework last night for my writing class because I couldn't seem to focus all week. I know I should be working on that, but I can't muster the inspiration for...
Today, I went to a second yoga session on my trip to Nicaragua. It will likely be my last here as we leave for home in a couple of days. It has been an illuminating, exciting and utterly exhausting trip. Caring for two toddlers is...
There are so many lessons to be learned when traveling to foreign countries, in particular, developing countries. I wrote last week about traveling for the first time as the mother of (and with) young children to Nicaragua. I am still here in Nicaragua as I...
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Acceptance,
Eckhart Tolle,
Energy,
Fear,
Intention,
Life Lessons,
Love,
Marriage,
Shame,
Spirituality,
Yoga
by Shannon Lell
The first draft of this essay was written in early October. I stopped writing it because I did not fully understand what I was trying to say. It started as a revelation of one of my most shameful coping mechanisms. I stopped myself from going...