Nurshable

The Experience

  • The Great Love Stories and the Long Lived Relationships

    Dear Kids, There’s something that you need to understand about the great love stories that you read about and that you hear about and that you see in the movies. They’re wishful and wistful bits of imagination crafted by people… Continue reading

  • What Can I Find in the Moment That Sleep Didn’t Come?

    “What am I looking for in this moment, my daughter in my arms?” Yes. Sometimes the answer is “sleep”. Just sleep. I want to be alone in the quiet. To do the things that I need to do before she… Continue reading

  • Still we snuggle, fifteen months old. The rise and fall of my breath rocks you to sleep wherever we are. White sheets of a hotel room, white sheets of home, in a field of butterflies and clover, in a berry… Continue reading

  • April “Gentle Parenting Conference” in Philadelphia Area- Vote?

    Everyone has been talking about doing a gentle parenting conference/get together. I decided to take the plunge and see what type of interest there would be. If there was a “gentle parent conference” in April in the Philadelphia area, would… Continue reading

  • I Need Your Help Today

    I need your help today. When my six year old is stressed I talk to him about all the good things that he is and all the little things and big things that he has done that are awesome. I… Continue reading

  • Keeping Our Connection

    Today the laundry waits. Daddy builds with Legos and her older brother. I hold her near as she sleeps instead of sneaking off for chores. I examine little hands and tiny feet with rough skin across the tops from being… Continue reading

  • The Fifteenth and Freedom (Abusive Relationships)

    On the fifteenth of May each year I celebrate the anniversary of my freedom. I was in an abusive relationship. It was not my choice to leave. I was not that strong. But once I was told to go I… Continue reading

  • Reasons Why Our Children Smile

    A child’s joys are just as huge and out of proportion as their sorrows and angers. I posted a blog post “Why My Daughter Smiles“. And a few Nurshable readers shared the reasons of their daughters/sons smiles with me as… Continue reading

  • The Incredible Liberation of Being Happy to be Bad

    Last week my son ran out of his MMA (kickboxing and grappling) class with anxious happiness on his face. They were going to have a special Mother’s Day class where moms came with their children for a special kickboxing class.… Continue reading

  • You Should Enjoy Every Moment, But You Won’t

    Friday I sat on the floor of an empty waiting room with my one year old daughter and my soon to be three year old son with a ball, a box of Legos, and a migraine that was rapidly taking… Continue reading