Gartenfische's Main Loves

  • God

  • Yoga

  • Meditation

  • Books

  • Photography

  • Gardening

  • Music

  • Silence

  • and of course . . . her family.

E-Mail:

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They can be like a sun, words. They can do for the heart what light can for a field.

- John of the Cross

parenting

Oh Shit, Family (Or: Family Shit, Oh)

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Family is such an effing conundrum, a knot of pain, love, regret, hope. What else? Denial.  Disappointment. Betrayal. Migraines. Pain.  Pain.  More pain. Some amount of love (is it?).  More pain.  Regrets.  More pain.  A little hope.  Pain. One day, forgiveness (praying for this).
There’s a reason I moved far away at nineteen.
So […]

Like Mother, Like Daughter II (Or: Sounds Like Somebody I Know)

Friday, July 13th, 2007

J. arrived yesterday afternoon laden with watermelon and cantaloupe, bless her fruit-loving heart. She was in an Everything I Do Is Mediocre mindset. Of course, everything she does is NOT mediocre–but I still had to stop myself from saying, What’s so terrible about being mediocre? The last thing a 21 year old wants to […]

Like Mother, Like Daughter

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

Had an appointment with my homeopath today. She always manages one pithy comment that really catches me. I was saying, “I don’t know why I worry so much about my daughter; you’d think she was a drug addict or a homeless kid.” She said, “You worry about her because she’s like you.” I had to […]