I’m a Pagan mom, raising my kids on a Pagan path. Pagans come in as many different flavors as Christians do. But just as Jesus is the focal point of each Christian church, so is veneration for the earth and elements at the core of a variety of Pagan beliefs. There are “high days” throughout the year, commonly referred to as the “Wheel”, which includes three harvest festivals.
Tags: guest post, holidays, mabon, paganism
I know not everyone spells as well as I do, nor were most people raised by an aspiring author and an editor, nor granddaughter to a superintendent for a special-needs school. English mistakes weren’t tolerated while I grew up. My father carried around pens and even a marker to correct misspellings in public. When I [...]
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My husband came home from work and told me about what he witnessed on the subway. We live in NYC so we do see lots of freaky things but we often don’t think twice about it and stick our nose back into our book or in his case, the insert name of game he is [...]
Ahhh, the holidays! ‘Tis the season for friends, family, good food and good booze. Candles or a Christmas tree aren’t the only things getting lit this time of year! Ok, maybe (hopefully) that’s an exaggeration, but there is no denying that alcohol sales soar this time of year. I personally enjoy a glass of wine [...]
Tags: alcohol, baby, breastfeeding, chanukah, christmas, holiday, new years, nursing, yule
We’re parents, which means we have bills, jobs (and yes, stay-at-home-mom definitely counts as a job!), and obligations. On top of that, we want a clean house, home-cooked meals, and smart kids. But at what cost to our kids? Follow @dailymomtra
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I recently read a great article in Mothering Magazine called “Breastfeeding Beats the Blues” by Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett. The author did a fantastic job of using research to bust common myths surrounding postpartum depression and breastfeeding. This piece hit especially close to home, as I vividly remember watching my friend struggle with and pull herself [...]
Tags: breastfeeding, evidence based, mothering, nursing, postpartum depression, PPD
Every day, we make little decisions. Coffee or tea with breakfast? Walk or bike to work? Pants or a skirt? These are decisions that don’t really make a difference in the way we live our lives. It’s not going to change the world if you have tea instead of coffee, whether you walk or bike. [...]
The United States uses about 4.8 billion gallons of water a day, nearly 80% of that for irrigation and thermoelectric power. The average person uses up to 100 gallons of water a day. Every time you flush your toilet, you are flushing up to 2 gallons of water. My toddler is potty trained (3 year [...]
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Recently, while taking my two and a half year old son to the pool, I was startled by a sign at the front desk. The sign let patrons know that children over the age of 18 months were not allowed in the locker rooms designated for the opposite sex. 18 months?!?! Really? When I shared [...]
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