Tag: marriage

• 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 […]

  sparkleandzest

  July 8, 2019

  Note to self, self-expression

  beauty, emotions, friendship, gratitude, marriage, self-expression, spirituality

• When the Walls Fall Down

  

  13 years ago, at a Zen monastery in Japan, I found out I was pregnant. Makes a pretty good opening line to a story, doesn’t it? Haha! I had been living and training there for nearly 5 years. It was the day after our monthly osesshin (7 day retreat). My period was late. I was […]

  sparkleandzest

  March 16, 2019

  life, spirituality

  gratitude, in-the-moment, marriage, parenting, self-expression, spirituality, zen

• A path to Domestic Bliss

  

  I have something to tell you: I am not a domestic perfectionist. If you know me, if you’ve dropped my house unexpectedly, you know.  There are books and toys and DVDs strewn about, as well as dress-up clothes and yoga mats, the remnants of the fort we built yesterday and some paint splattered on the […]

  sparkleandzest

  August 20, 2013

  housework

  creativity, housework, marriage, mothering, relax