The MotherVerse Blog: mothering out loud

Jessica was one of the MotherVerse workshop attendees in May. Thank you for the submission of “My name is…What?” Jessica.
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I try to resist the pull to fulfill his desires. He craves my attention, my embrace, my gaze, but I want the moment to be mine alone. I am successful only until he says my name. […]

I’ve had a stressful week (or month) and I’ve been feeling kind of down about, well… everything. It’s easy to get caught in a slump and start feeling like nothing is ever going to go right; that everything you’ve been working towards is never going to happen. And the things that I’ve been working towards […]

The Holistic Moms Network’s 5th Annual Natural Living Conference and 5-Year Celebration will take place Saturday, October 18, 2008 at the Sheraton Crossroads Hotel in Mahwah, NJ.

Keynote speakers include Barbara Loe Fisher, founder of the National Vaccine Information Center and Annie B. Bond Author and non-toxic living expert.
Breakout Sessions on:
*Positive Parenting and Nonviolent Communication
*Eco-Action Plans […]

Here’s another funny story for you!When I was first married my husband was in the navy.He was gone to sea and when my second baby was about to be born I stayed at my parent’s house. I had a little brother who was 13 years younger than me. He was my special […]

” I have to be honest with you, he doesn’t look like over a year old.”
My children have always been quite low on the weight percentile, and somewhat average and above average on the height percentile. The pediatrician has always told us,
“It’s fine. You’re not that big.”
One other pediatrician said,
“He can’t eat more even if […]

Oh, Sugar. Well, that’s what I should’ve said. Instead the violent force of the intended word came shooting out of my mouth like a cannon ball.
 
I have this overwhelming need to share my story out of guilt and pure parental responsibility because I feel I have crossed the blaspheme bridge of no return. 
 
My 19 month […]

Someone (I’m talking about the someone with a capital S) has a sense of humor.
This afternoon my 11-month-old son, Xavier, was in a fit of giggles watching our neighbor’s Golden Lab run through the hose and shake himself dry. The harder the dog shook, the harder my son laughed.
Fast forward a few hours. I decided […]

The Dar a Luz a Network, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing knowledge and support for women during their pregnancies, births, and early motherhood, introduces their new blog “We Birth” at www.daraluzwebirth.blogspot.com. The blog includes stories from women who have had many different kinds of births, including some wonderful homebirth stories! They are also accepting […]

The solstice is creeping upon us: summer in the Northern hemisphere, and here in the South, winter. I’ve yet to experience a full circle of seasons in South Africa, so this winter is new. Yet even now, even before the solstice, it’s clear our Canadian winter rituals will fare poorly in the Western Cape.
At home, […]

Here I am, perched on the four legged stool by the kitchen table, multitasking (writing up this post while feeding my 13 months-old) yet again. The surprisingly cool summer breeze invites itself in through our back door, held ajar so Baby won’t be bored.
Today started out bad. You could probably say I got out the […]