Moon rituals

Next July the 1st is the full moon. 

Again? - you might be asking,

Yes. I don't know about you but following the phases of the moon just gives me this... kind of a feeling of flow with nature's rhythms, and the gift a constant insight about how I am spending my time, what I am learning from life, what new things I am open to welcome and what old patterns I want to work on.

I don't know about you but every time I know the full moon is here I take some time to sit and just let the last full moon and what I was doing then, come to my mind. I like to grab my journal and write about how I remember I felt back then, and how I feel now. I like to look for the journal entry I made at that last cycle and read it... To feel how it syncs with how I feel right now, or how it moves away from it. And I like to do the same for my child. 

Make it a #sacredritual burning some sage, lighting some candles... or do it in nature, letting Mother Earth's light guide you... or do it with your child during a fun coloring session (for older children you can even ask how they feel today and let them create about that! Can be such a fun to create #newFamilyTraditions like this!)

Have you tried this #roadmapOfParenting , #moonChild ?

See you, under the Full Moon.

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Be like a flower...

"Just imagine becoming the way you used to be as a very young child, before you understood the meaning of any word, before opinions took over your mind. The real you is loving, joyful, and free. The real you is just like a flower, just like the wind, just like the ocean, just like the sun."

~ Miguel Angel Ruiz

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Will you wait for me

"I’ve been a hot, tender, sensitive and moody mess for the last few weeks.

With moments and days, between, of complete normalness.

If I could, I would have likely spent many of those days in the quiet of myself, writing about bits of brokenness and listening to songs like Girl Crush.

I feel like a concoction of new beginnings and endings, but mostly of confusing middles.

Space is some sort of visceral craving of mine that motherhood and marriage doesn’t allow.

The act of tending to the self is quite a feat when each foot placed on the ground is cemented in family.

Sometimes it’s a given, sometimes it feels stolen, and sometimes – like lately – it feels foreign.

I’ve been living in my head a lot lately; my heart full of feelings that can’t lead or follow or find.

I’ve misplaced trust, all while holding tight to it, and found myself searching for forced unfoldings.

I’ve felt slayed over and over again by motherhood and sand papered by marriage.

Falling asleep to the rain, the other night, I felt certain that most headaches must be stuck tears.

Aching heads are a rarity for me, and the tears flowed the next day.

Days are busy with the tasks of mothering and home and a life well lived, and I am both lost and living fully in the needs of everyone I love to the bones, the blood, the spirit.

I keep looking for myself under layers and layers of simplification.

My clothing has been thinned to less than 50 items. My hair has been cut 8 inches.

I’ve cleared my inboxes. Burned my cut hair and pages and pages of lists. Donated 5 more bags of outgrown this-n-that to the thrift store.

I’ve painted my bathroom white, un-followed everyone on Instagram, and let Over the Moon mag know I wouldn’t be writing for them for awhile.

I’m nesting for a birth of myself.

My parents’ recent visit, full and good, made the missing of them all the more hard and real.

Stuffed tears always waiting to grieve what we miss in each others lives.

I feel wounded in some sweet way, wishing to find myself pumped in motivation or soft in the transitory awareness that life is.

But, instead, I sit in a middle place, ebbing and flowing back and forth. Back and forth.

Not entirely any one thing; moving in and out like afternoon thunderstorms in between sunshine.

This is the longest I’ve let my blog sit without my words, since I began sharing myself here.

My words feel like they are for me right now, mostly because I don’t know what the hell they mean.

So, I wonder and I ask, will you wait for me?

Uncertain whether my quiet will stalk this space for weeks longer or words will water this screen sometime soon…will you wait for me?"

~ Falan

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... Nothing here will last...

"... Let it be 

Let it pass

Nothing here

Nothing here

Will last...

So let it be 

my honey sweetie dear...

Keep me in your dreams 

I'll keep you in mine

It will be fine

Hold me in you heart 

I'll hold your hand

Isn't it... Grand?..."

~ Maggie Clifford 

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Celebrating Summer Solstice

Today is the Summer solstice, do you want to honor this energy and feel like you don't have much time? Just connect to the vibration of this sunny energy simply by:

Use, wear, paint, love (and cook!) with the color yellow.

Color is nothing but a manifestation of a vibration and just by wearing it for instance your whole being tunes into that energy.

Eating yellow foods is another great way to connect to the Sun! Today eat yellow!

Worshiping the Sun.

In whatever way this makes sense to you, it's a great day to honor the bright Sun. Starting your day with a Sun salutation can feel particularly... sacred today. Enjoy this.

Balancing your Manipura chakra.

This solstice is related to the third chakra and balancing your energy in this area of your body, between the navel and the solar plexus, can be as easy as... Loving your body, right the way it is there. So, as often as possible during this Sunday, rest both your hands in your third chakra and send LOVE to all of who you are and what you stand for, honoring your Sun inside.

Enjoy #sacredrituals with #sacredbeginnings 

Oh! And notice how FUN and easy it can be to get the children involved in these simple rituals.

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Being a father...

"Much of life, fatherhood included, is the story of knowledge acquired too late: if only I’d known then what I know now, how much smarter, abler, stronger, I would have been. But nothing really prepares you for kids, for the swells of emotion that roll through your chest like the rumble of boulders tumbling downhill, nor for the all-enveloping labor of it, the sheer mulish endurance you need for the six or seven hundred discrete tasks that have to be done each and every day. Such a small person! Not much bigger than a loaf of bread at first, yet it takes so much to keep the whole enterprise going. Logistics, skills, materiel; the only way we really learn is by figuring it out as we go along, and even then it changes on us every day, so we’re always improvising, which is a fancy way of saying that we’re doing things we technically don’t know how to do."

~ Ben Fountain

Father to two

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Go back to that state of mind... When you were pregnant.

New moon

New Beginnings 

We just passed an intense new moon and I don't know about you but we all felt it very strongly at my place. I could not make time for any kind of sacred ritual. My son did not settle to sleep before 2AM (!!) and me, yes, I did not want to say it, but I was also feeling restless, inside...

Today... today take some time to go back to your state of mind when you were pregnant...

 Like in a meditation take some time to connect to that #newmom you were then, full of hopes and dreams, speaking to your child inside. Remember the sacredness of those moments when you choose to connect with a being you could not yet see, or hear. Remember your openness back then. Remember how willing you were to read any message sent by your unborn child. 

Today, be that open mother, ready to receive, honoring the deep connection you HAVE with this being you hold NOW, you nurse now, that is in front of you, right now. 

Do we often forget, how much we dreamed and longed for this role we now PLAY? Bring this pleasure back to your life as a mother and sprinkle it all over your days... 

Feel how healing this can be for you both.

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Two rainbow babies...

It's official #lovelists make me emotional <3 #lovetears

1). Loving you before you came to be.
2). The positive pregnancy tests.
3). The heartache. 
4). My Rainbow Babies.

5). Ultrasounds.
6). Our personal milestones, like getting through the first trimester, getting through the second!
7). Flutters, silly cravings. 
8). First kicks, right on Daddy's head.
9). Hiccups. 
10). A day without nausea.

11). My growing body, your home
12 #1). Your survival, my survival.
13). Seeing your perfect face upon the camera screen.
14). Finally meeting you.
15). The way your hand unfurled and wrapped around my finger.
16). When they placed you on my chest and I finally got to hold you.
17). Kissing your beautiful little face.
18). Our first cry.
19).The constant pumping, aching to provide for you when we had to be apart.
20). Visiting you, seeing you thrive.
21). Being reunited.
22). The transition from ebm to nipple shield then to breast!
23). Our first night together.
24). Going home.
25 #2).Getting to experience my waters breaking.
26). A calm, respectful, safe delivery room.
27). The surge of energy when I realized how close you were.
28). Delivering you myself!
29). Pulling you up and onto my chest.
30). Your survival.
31).The pride, relief when you started breathing on your own.
32). A strong, long 2.5 hour feed!
33). When you finally latched again and the brief moments you'd open your eyes.
34). Seeing you so peaceful, knowing you'd be okay.
35). When you finally woke up.
36). Your amazing recovery.
36). When your nurses would sneak a little extra ebm for you.

37). Getting to feed you.
38). Latching!
39). When we got to room share.
40). Coming home!
41). The realization of love at first sight.
42). Falling in love with my partner in a whole new way.
43). Cuddles.
44). Kisses.
45). Co-sleeping.
46). Discovering myself.
47). Chubby cheeks, chubby thighs.
48). When I saw their beautiful eyes for the first time.
49). Teeny fingers, tiny toes.
50). Watching them grow.
51). Their noses.
52). Giggles.
53). All of the "firsts".
54). The bond between my children.
55). "Follow me", "look at this", "did you see that?!"
56). The wonder.
57). Our adventures.
58). Late nights, early mornings.
59). Early nights, late mornings.

60). Stinky feet and the hilarity of it all.
61). My breastmilk, cuddles and kisses healing so many things... Badass!
62). Dancing together.
63). Singing together.
64). The toilet songs my eldest sung when he was toilet learning.
65). Puddles.
66). Mud.
67). Art.
68). Mess.
69). Deep-hearty-hysterical-silly, laughter.
70). My children are my best friends. 
71). They're each others best friends. 
72). The feeling of success that only motherhood could bring me.
73). Mammy, mama, mummy.

74). This fierce, uncontrollable protection.
75). Everyday my heart tried bursting through my chest,
76). When I finally met them, it did.
77). This fierce, insane, forever growing, unexplainable love.
78). The way my aching body grew and birthed these perfect beings.
79). I am the perfect mother for my children♥
80). And most importantly, the way our souls were made to spend forever in each others embrace.

~ Deanna Lee

Mother to Two rainbow boys

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The first time they smiled at me...

#lovelists

1) both my babies stared up at me the minute the nurse put them on my chest after being born.
2) The first time they smiled at me.
3) The First time Merida said Mama. 
4) The First time I heard Merida laugh.
5) Seeing how much Merida loves the outdoors.
6) Snuggling with Manny. 
7) Watching Merida read books. 

8) How it's ok to be silly and act like I'm little too.
9) Making food for the minions.
10) Chasing bubbles with Merida when David blows them.
11) Assembling toys ....it is incredibly fun. Who knew?
12) Seeing how Merida loves swings.
13) Watching Merida's face relax as she listens to wind-chimes.
14) Dancing with the babies.
15) Seeing Manny smile affectionately at me every time he sees me.
16) Learning to take pleasure in the little things again.
17) Watching both babies's faces light up when they see their grandma  Liz De Artola
18) Both my kids love Taylor Swift music and are all smiles when I play the 1989 CD. Just like me.
19) Admiring how Merida already lives life with such enthusiasm and independence and Manny's gentle, affectionate, peaceful soul. 
20) There is so much laughter in our home. I just love it
21) I love how, forgiving and non judgemental, children are.
22) I really like how Moms can drink alcohol and copious amounts of caffeinated drinks without having to give any explanations.
23) My heart has, gotten so much bigger since the little ones came into our lives.
24) I love seeing parts of myself and their daddy in their little faces and personalities.
25) I love how Merida opens her arms wide and giggles when I get her up in the morning and how sleepy Manny is.
26) I've definitely learned the value of cat naps
27) It makes me happy when Merida watches me cook.
28) My babies make me want to be the best possible version of myself.
29) I've gotten really good at quoting Mulan and select episodes of My Little Pony. Oh and I know all the songs in Lion King by heart. 
30) The babies have helped David grow into a wonderful and loving father. It is my great honor and pleasure to see how much he loves our babies....

~ Cecilia Elizabeth Cervantes

Mother to two

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Learning to face fears...

#lovelists

Living number 8...

1. Those 3am feeds when it's only me and my baby awake
2. Seeing those feet that once kicked my tummy from the inside are now kicking a ball
3. Breastfeeding
4. Looking into my daughters eyes
5. Late night cuddles
6. Early morning snuggles
7. Creating magic in our house
8. Learning to face fears I didn't know I had
9. Learning just how strong I actually am
10. Babywearing (I swore I wouldn't before baby, but I did and I adore it!)
11. Brushing that beautiful long toddler hair
12. Knowing true unconditional love 
13. Having a baby hot water bottle in bed
14. Baby spaghetti faces
15. Those little thigh rolls
16. The way my thinking has been challenged and changed
17. Messes are fun
18. Creating a special song just for her and singing it everyday
19. Surprising me everyday with what she can do and what she knows
20. Hearing your child's laughter is the true magic in life

~ Renee Beggs

Mother to one

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I love the calm... After a tantrum...

#lovelists

The way she looks when she is sleeping, all limbs akimbo, face at peace, tangles of blanket and curls splayed on the mattress.

The way she tells me without hesitation or manipulation that I am "the BEST Mama in the World."

The way she pouts.

The way I knew I cry from the moment I first heard it.

The way she asks for "mama milk" and will curl into my lap.

Pretend time.

Games that make no sense.

Twirling.

Tickling.

Story time.

Helping her find answers to questions.

Snuggles.

The calm after the storm of her tantrum.

~ Ruth Castillo Dean

Mother to one

Some time ago #sacredbeginnings asked the women in the tribe to make a list of #100thingsILikeAboutBeingAmother

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Becoming a mother and finding my purpose

#lovelists

- Being his safe place.

- His giggles for no reason.
- Co-sleeping.

- Listening to him breathe and dream.
- Nourishing his body from mine.
- Knowing mama can make it all better.
- Watching him learn and explore the world.
- Finding my purpose. 
- The sigh of relief and contentment when he rolls over next to me and touches me in his sleep.
- Seeing the world through new eyes.
- Having more appreciation for my mother.
- Knowing the word sacrifice.
- Adventures in babywearing.
- Making new connections with a new mama tribe.
- Seeing my husband with new light as a father.
- The feeling of contentment watching him play.
- Having a happy and full heart.
- Looking into his beautiful blue eyes and seeing myself and my husband.
- Learning humility.
- The lessons I'm learning about myself.
- The patience required.
- Knowing what unconditional loves means.
- Knowing each day is a new day to be better, and do better.
- His dimples.
- His "I shouldn't do this but I'm gonna grin".
- The pain my heart feels when he cries.
- The calm my heart feels when I hold him.
- The journey.
- Having more reasons than can be explained or written down but that every mother understands.

~ Kate Hudak

Mother to one

Some time ago #sacredbeginnings asked the women in the tribe to make a list of #100thingsILikeAboutBeingAmother

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Grateful for mothers and their big heart

#lovelists make me teary... Love this!

- The way I have magical powers to make things better.
- When my oldest cuddles next to me, and when we go over our day, he almost always says “this is my favorite moment”.
- Seeing two brothers that are best friends that have a deep soul connection.
- I learned to love my first birth, a traumatic one, that has shaped me in ways that I never anticipated.
- I love reflecting back on my amazing second birth that gave me so much power and so much healing.
- The way that I get to relieve childhood through their eyes – who doesn’t love puddle jumping and monkey bars.
- That faint milk smell from a baby’s body.
- Being needed and wanted.
- Toothless grins and zippie pajamas.
- Bed sharing with the sweetest little cuddle bug.
- Feeling huge empathy to everything.
- Ice cream treats without guilt – especially when we run after the ice cream truck.
- The amazing and deep intuitive world my wise old soul son has exposed me to.
- The sisterhood of mothers.
- Seeing my husband with our kids and falling in love with him all over again.
- Seeing my mom with my kids and suddenly understanding a lot from my past.
- The close intimacy in breastfeeding.
- Breastfeeding in public and feeling badass about it.

- Placenta pills and the many application of breast milk and just being floored by how f'ing amazing the body is.
- The determined lioness I have become.
- The wonderful, amazing, challenging, honoring task that it is to raise 2 sons to the best of my ability… sons that will be kind and caring above all.
- Daydreaming about the future with them is everything.

~ Erika Bocian

Mother to two

Some time ago #sacredbeginnings asked the women in the tribe to make a list of #100thingsILikeAboutBeingAmother

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She listed 100 joys of motherhood...

... And you can feel this is just the beginning!

Oh how I LOVE our #loveLists ! This one made me cry and laugh, SO grateful to this inspiring mama. Yes, she listed 100 things! <3

So, in this list you can expect only sunshine and rainbows. There is plenty of rain in everyone’s life (including mine); but rain makes the flowers grow in the same way focusing on the positive improves and empowers.

100 things I love about being a mama:

1. I love cuddling my sweet children.
2. I love that my middle babe calls cuddles “snugs”, short for snuggles. “Mama, you snug me?” Oh yes baby love.
3. The way my youngest, my only daughter, laughs at animals.
4. and the way she laughs when I kiss her before bed and naps. She goes from the most precious little giggle as I tuck her in to asleep in mere seconds.
5. Mama dates. 1:1 time with my children is the ultimate in connection.
6. How thoughtful they can be. On our last mama date, my oldest gave me almost half of his special starbucks treat. I’d only asked for a bite.
7. I’m not sure when it happened, but “being behavior” has become a Kindredism. “Are you being behavior?” “I’m being havior.” A-DOR-A-BLE.
8. Breastfeeding my children has been one of the most amazing things I could have ever experienced.
9. My oldest child has the most gorgeous hair, and proudly knows it.
10. Watching movies with my kids is super fun when their favorites include the Aristocrats and Mama Mia!
11. How much they love daddy.
12. When I offer a hug for as long as they want, and it is minutes.
13. How much FUN they have with the friends who babysit them.
14. How at peace I feel leaving to work with the capable and loving care we have.
15. My children cannot WAIT to go to school in August. I feel wonderful about the opportunities they’ll have a waldorf.
16. I feel safe the knowledge that fair does not always mean equal.
17. My kids would rather top their fro-yo with fruit then candies.
18. They fiercely love their friends.
19. I LOVE baby wearing. The closeness, connection and safety is divine! I feel at one with mothers before me with my babe in a sling.
20. I adore my children’s birthday parties.
21. On the birthday calendar this year is a toddler dance party
22. and a SIX year old’s tie dye celebration.
23. By choosing to be a working mama I am giving my children many gifts and a dynamic maternal figure.
24. HOW cute kids are when they talk on the phone.
25. When I had one kid it was magical.
26. When I had two kids it was a time of extreme growth.
27. With three kids it feels perfect. Everyone is here who is meant to be here.
28. Mothering with a wonderful husband is so right for me.
29. I am in seasoned mama stage, at least for the baby/toddler stuff.
30. My children love animals.
31. I love teaching them things.
32. And I’m thankful that I get to share that task.
33. My introverted oldest can be the bravest.
34. My extroverted second is a great defender of his older bro.
35. They understand some big stuff.
36. Children are amazingly adaptable.
37. And resilient.
38. AND capable.
39. My children are unbelievably beautiful.
40. And they are my greatest teachers.
41. My oldest taught me in the womb to be brave and to celebrate each day.
42. In birth he taught me how strong I am.
43. And in his birth I saw the utter dedication, strength and the depth of love from my husband.
44. He has taught me daily to be accepting and to flow.
45. He is confident and assured of exactly who he is. Supporting that is a privilege.
46. My soul is connected very deeply to my firstborn.
47. My second child is a gift to our family.
48. He brings the gifts of joy, humor, adventure and more
49. and he has taught me to release control.
50. He has taught me to see the beauty in adventure.
51. And I love his enthusiasm for everything.
52. His passion and spontaneity inspire me to step out of my comfort zone.
53. He taught me to really, fully embrace my tribe.
54.The connection he has with daddy is fabulous. I imagine himself as a mini rob.
55. He can go with the flow or against the stream equally well. Happiness radiates from him.
56. My youngest is the jewel in my family.
57. When I met her, born into my hands and my husband’s, I cried loud sobs of joy that my daughter was here. She was for me. She completes our family.
58. She inspires me to be a stronger example.
59. I love her with a protectiveness and ferocity that I didn’t expect for my third.
60. She is so joyful and content.
61. Her brothers love her so beautifully.
62. When I ask for something for viva lou they race to help first.
63. My husband is immensely capable and hands on.
64. Lay mornings when the whole family is in bed are outstanding.
65. Afternoon naps and cuddle-feats might be even better.
66. I love bedtime too. The end of the day when I get to savor this time and connection with my children. 

67. We have a very hands on bedtime routine that I love.

68. I take time to connect with each of my children in special, individual ways.
69. I see them as individuals and love to imagine the people they’ll grow into.
70. I know that they are only “mine” in my heart and only here on earth for a short time. I honor and feel gratitude that they chose me.
71. I am a good mama and model self-love.
72. I show them that mama is dynamic and exciting and passionate.
73. I love how my children talk about my job: “you gonna go help a mama while she gets her baby borned?”
74. I love taking them for ice cream. The pure joy for everyone, mama included, is amazing.
75. We’ve had a weekly part ritual for years, with all our friends, through the school year while weather is nice. I adore it.
76. And in beach weather, really from Marchish-October or even November, we are the ultimate beach bums. Seeing how they light up when I pull out suits is FABULOUS.
77. My kids adore their family. We’ve got awesome cousins and they have a fabulous aunt.
78. Sharing an appreciation and love for the beauty of nature with my babes is wonderful.
79. Time off when you’re a mama is a new kind of joy. The preciousness comes from the intentionality and sacredness.
80. When the house is silent and I go from room to room to kiss heads.
81. When my kids wake me up too early and we make lemonade from lemons and go out for breakfast.
82. Being complimented on my kids restaurant manners makes me blush.
83. Making future plans in motherhood is exciting!
84. That age when they bloom into people, fully.
85. The fabulous sense of style my oldest has.
86. My kids LOVE rest with a passion.
87. My boys are champion caliber climbers! They are so exciting!
88. My sweet jonah never lets a booboo get him down for long.
89. My oldest LOVES his chickens.
90. And making money! He’s a save-er, not a spender. I love seeing him close to his goals.
91. They scarf down healthy foods.
92. Berry picking with my kiddos is one of my favorite things ever ever.
93. And I adore the way my middle says “never. ev-er.ever-ever a-gain!” when he doesn’t like something.
94. The gentle mama ma ma ma ma of my sweet daughter.
95. How my dear Noah said “grills” for girls for years. And his pride for himself when he learned to say it properly.
96. The birth of my daughter, surrounded by my tribe, was a very sacred experience. To bring my girl into the world with the precious women in my life was amazing.
97. Through motherhood my priorities has been refined beautifully.
98. So many friendships and relationships have come into my life through motherhood. I love the forever ones and the fleeting ones.
99. It is a journey, and a precious one for sure.

100. I LOVE being a mama!

~ Cheryl Kindred

mothergoddess of two sons and a daughter

Some time ago #sacredbeginnings asked the women in the tribe to make a list of #100thingsILikeAboutBeingAmother

This week we will be sharing a bit of the beauty that bloomed from this challenge...

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Things I like...

 #loveLists

My top 10:
I love you mummy
Cuddles 

Smiles
Holding hands
Pregnancy/ feeling them move
Meeting them for the first time
Birth
Seeing my love be an amazing daddy
Their mouths 
Watching them learn

~ Jodie Moss

Birthed four babies, three in my arms one in heaven

Some time ago #sacredbeginnings asked the women in the tribe to make a list of #100thingsILikeAboutBeingAmother

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Me and my son, we say goodnight to the moon...

 #loveLists

Oh these lists make me smile... And I Love number 26.

1. The smiles. 

2. The unconditional love. 

3. Hearing him say new words. 

4. Seeing myself and his dad in him. 

5. Kisses! 

6. Learning what his interests are.

7. Reading stories together.

8. When he snuggles up against me in his sleep in the middle of the night.

9. Waking up to big smiles and giggles, even if we've had a bad night.

10. Soft baby hair.

11. Splashes during bath time.

12. Sharing toys and books from my childhood.

13. The hugs.

14. The laughter.

15. Dancing! 

16. Enjoying snacks together.

17. Breastfeeding (at least, I love that he loves it! Haha) 

18. His delighted "Mama, mama!!" when I get home from work.

19. ...or just enter the room.

20. Seeing him become more and more aware of how things work. 

21. When he starts laughing and running around like a crazy person for no apparent reason!

22. Races! 

23. Watching him enjoy an ice cream cone.

24. Shopping carts with the little steering wheel for him.

25. Mommy and son lunch dates.

26. Saying good night to the moon. 

27. The baby babble.

28. Seeing things as new and exciting through his eyes.

29. The little bops against my hand when I'd lay in bed with my hands on my pregnant belly.

30. The first time I felt him move, like a couple little soap bubbles lightly popping against my stomach. 

31. The amazing people I have connected with through social media since becoming a mother.

32. Becoming a mom has also helped me to finally see what I want to do with my life, career wise. 

33. Playing with legos! 

34. Those quintessential mom moments, like catching your little one coloring on the walls!! 

35. ...or pulling every baby wipe out of the container!

36. The first latch.

37. Napping together.

38. The days before the first steps, where you know it's coming! 

39. And of course the first steps. 

40. The first goofy newborn smile.

41. The first funny little noises where you know they're trying to laugh. I cried when that happened! 

42. Shampoo mohawks.

43. His smiles when we talk to family on the phone. 

44. When he grabs my hand or leans in for a snuggle while we're having a meal.

45. Giving him pony rides on my back.

46. The pure, utter joy as he runs as fast as he can outside.

47. His excitement when his Dada gets home from work.

48. The cute, funny made up words he has for things...

~ Carrie Auwarter 

Mother to one. 

Some time ago #sacredbeginnings asked the women in the tribe to make a list of #100thingsILikeAboutBeingAmother

This week we will be sharing a bit of the beauty that bloomed from this challenge...

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#lovelists

1. Avery

2. Having a daughter who enjoys hugging me even when I look like crap.

3. Seeing completely pure creativity and imagination with zero fear of looking stupid or cynicism. 

4. The mama bear feeling.

5. Having Av sent me down a path of passion and inspiration, I wouldn't be here if it was not for her. 

6. Learning to slow down. 

7. Seeing things from a child's point of view. 

8. Not needing the damn phone all the time. 

9. Learning to trust my intuition 

11. Hearing her singing when she wakes up in the morning. 

12. Not giving a damn what other people think. 

13. Watching Av flip out when we go to the library & watching her read.

14. Seeing her eyes light up every time she spells out what is on a sign. 15. The spark of wanderlust having her ignited in me. 

16. Knowing that when I die, I leave the world in good hands with people like her. 

17. Learning to trust the unknown 

18. The responsibility of knowing I play a part in how she views herself and the world and in turn learning that I can change how I view myself and my world.

19. "My mama" 

20. The future.

~ Brianna Ecklid 

Mother to one.

Some time ago #sacredbeginnings asked the women in the tribe to make a list of 

#100thingsILikeAboutBeingAmother

I want to share a bit of the beauty that bloomed from this challenge...

So so grateful to this inspiration! What about you? How is your list?

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