Category: self-expression
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Reclaiming Sensuality
Women are often given the message that their sensuality is too much for the world to handle. Hide it away, it is too much. Too much of a turn on. Too juicy. Too distracting. Too attention-seeking. Too dangerous–if you show that aspect of yourself you will be used, get in trouble, be attaches, etc. Women…
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Redefining Mother
I wrote this post a couple of years ago when I was coming out of the cocoon of what I now call “the Surrender years” of motherhood. That intense time of parenting young children in an attached and attuned way. Since there is a 9 year span between my oldest and my youngest (with the…
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Unfolding into the Fullness of MySelf
Gentlygentlyshe unfolds… Slowlyslowlyshe becomes… Softlysoftlyshe blossoms… Unfolding intothe fullnessof mySelf… . . . Peeling away the layers, trying to reach the center of Me like an onion, they say, or the artichoke, pulling off the pointy tough outer leaves, one by one, until:oh, lookthe tenderdelicateinner layers,tell me I amgetting closer to the heart. But also,…
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Relationship with Self
Lately I have been delving into my relationship with myself. As life keeps me focused on the relationships I have with others, I am coming to realize the importance of the relationship with myself. When I say my relationship with myself, I really mean my relationship with God, the Divine, Source, Love, which is…
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The Storm and the Ocean Mother
Come to me with all that you are, child. Show me how you feel with strength and boldness and wildness and clarity. I can hold it all, child. I can hold all of YOU. Show me what you feel and I will remain calm, huge, wide, caring. I will not be offended. I will not…
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The Tiger-Roaring Rose Dance
I want to tell you a story about my daughter, Rose. She just turned 12 years old. I remember the day she was born. I remember before she was born, the fierce tiger longing in me to be the best, most loyal, loving, dedicated mama I could be to this creature I had yet to…
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When Grey Comes to Visit
Here I am again. I haven’t written for sometime, partly because October was a slumpy month for me. My mood was slumpy. Not drastically dark, but veering towards grey. I tried various things to shake it. Chocolate, red wine, a hamburger (and considering I’ve been mostly vegan for nearly 2 years, this was a dramatic…
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This Being Alive Thing
Just start to write. Write something. Yes, another cup of caffeine might help, but can you just sit down and write? I want to say a perfect thing, a brilliant thing, a funny and/or insightful thing. Write. Just write. Okay, I am writing. I am doing it. The words are appearing as my fingers hit…
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Hello out there
It seems that I am starting a blog and the name of it is Sparkle and Zest. I am here to share the things in my life that bring me joy, the things that are naturally beautiful and eye-catching. I am also here to dig, to look carefully and with curiosity: if I pick up…
Sparkle and Zest 