Author Archives: bethpow06
FMM 5 24 19 Brass Bands and Parenting
O Joy that seekest me through pain, I cannot close my heart to thee; I trace the rainbow through the rain, And feel the promise is not vain, That morn shall tearless be. ~George Matheson. I am not sure why I love the sound of a good brass band. They are a particularly English phenomenon, […]
FMM 5 17 19 Shape Shifting
“Whoever you are holding me now in hand, Without one thing all will be useless, I give you fair warning before you attempt me further, I am not what you supposed, but far different.” ~ Walt Whitman. Story-telling is in our bones, in our genes, in our blood. It is how we know who […]
FMM 5 10 19 Mirror Mirror
FMM 5 10 19 Mirror Mirror “Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-brake on.” ~ Maxwell Maltz. One of the joys of genetics is that you never know what features a baby will have. Will he/she be a ‘mini-me’ of one parent, or a blend of both? I don’t know what age […]
FMM 4 12 19 Crowning Glory
“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart” ~ Khalil Gibran. The other day I met up with someone I hadn’t seen for a while. And to be truthful, I did not immediately recognize her. She was an acquaintance rather than an old friend, and it was only through the […]
FMM 4 5 19 Distilled Spirits
“Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.” ~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. I was a late arriver to the gym scene. My husband took up jogging in the early years of our marriage, but I always told him I preferred to exercise my mind. With a […]
FMM 3 29 19 Mother and Child Reunion
“Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” ~ Barbara Kingsolver. I am the youngest in my family. I found that to be frustrating as a child, as I had no baby brothers or sisters to play with. My mother was unmoved by my requests. She often declared herself to ‘have no maternal […]
FMM 3 22 19 Intentionality
“When you eat mindfully, by paying attention to what you eat, you get more pleasure with fewer calories.” ~ Dean Ornish. My father was a man who had great faith, but who also believed in doing his part to ensure good outcomes. He would say he always knew when God wanted him to do something […]
FMM 3 15 19 Real Talk
“I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don’t know where it’s going to lead me, but I follow it.” ~ Grace Jones. I don’t remember when (if ever) I got the ‘birds and the bees’ talk, but I heard about girls and periods early. They didn’t want to tell […]
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