Motherhood
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Firsts & Lasts
I know it’s been awhile. I’ve been doing ‘nothin’ and everything since May and June and my son’s pending graduation. I don’t know about you, but when I’m emotionally overwhelmed, everything gets paralyzed. I mean not ‘everything’, I still fed my son and the cat, took out trash, made beds and brushed my teeth. But…
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Monday Randoms
So many things are a waste of time, you know what’s never? Prayer. Did you know that boats take on water if they aren’t used? Take-away: if you don’t keep swimming, you will sink. I’m sure many of you will agree: I get my best ideas in the car, shower, and on long walks —…
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Real trophies
From age 6 to about age 18, whenever I blew out my birthday candles, I wished to make the Olympic team. Statistically speaking, I got ‘closer than most’ and made it to Olympic Trials and one World Trials. But never the team. There are many parents that win gold medals, others win major awards, eg…
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This holiday, parents can no longer ignore mental health
Dear Friends, I haven’t posted in awhile and not for any particular reason or negative event. On the contrary. November was a time of activity, accomplishments, and celebration. November was personally a month of wins: I finished my screenplay (with my partners) and that’s a big win, as I’ve had a myriad of distractions in…
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366, Day 1
Woke up at 3:00 am with an idea and a possible solution to keep me writing everyday. Writing is like any discipline, one must do it everyday if able. My poetry book 66 Laps, was based on the first ‘mile of life’. Perhaps a good companion would be 366. An entry per day for the…
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Magnificent Motherhood
May 7th, 2020 (re-posted from Devotional Section at: http://www.unionchurchla.org) Today I divide my life into two chapters of memories. The period of time when I was not a mother, and my life after Ravi’s birth in 2005. I am ‘pre-Mom Christine’, and ‘Mom Christine’. And although I have many similar traits and interests, there is a through-line in our…
