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Seven Year Old Wonder

Lucas is turning seven this week.  Seven is such a magical age, and here we are. Every evening a dream of tender connection as he shares his heart, his questions and his delightful discoveries of the day. I can look

Sylvia September 28, 2010September 28, 2010 Conscious Mothering No Comments Read more

Conscious Family Journeys: Victoria, Canada-we made it!

We made it all the way north and were about to enter our final northern destination: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada! We drive up to the ferry dock and I am stunned.  In my mind, ‘ferry’ means smallish ferry taking one over

Sylvia September 13, 2010September 13, 2010 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

West Coast Tour: Life in the Woods

Next, our journey led us to an exquisitely beautiful spot on the Hood canal in our Godmama’s sister and brother in law’s perfect little cottage.  We have been here twice before and it is one of our favorite places on

Sylvia August 17, 2010August 17, 2010 Nature Connections, Uncategorized 2 Comments Read more

Conscious Family West Coast Tour; We’re off!

And we’re off!  We began with a weekend in Oakhurst, (gateway town to Yosemite) celebrating my nephew’s birthday with family who is lucky enough to live there.  We enjoyed their giant shady oak trees, beautiful Bass lake, a gazillion stars

Sylvia August 7, 2010August 8, 2010 Uncategorized 4 Comments Read more

Wondrous Acceptance

Every time I come to Maui, I sink back into an inner knowing that is easy to forget in the middle of suburbia;  I am an islander.  My inner draw to a slower and simpler way of life, to more

Sylvia July 2, 2010 Relationships & Community No Comments Read more

Drinking in Nature, Everywhere

*I wrote this a couple years ago before our chickens and ducks brought nature home even more.  These reflections helped me to actively experience the blessing of nature everywhere which is a foundation of connecting within.  I would love to

Sylvia May 16, 2010October 14, 2010 Nature Connections, Uncategorized 2 Comments Read more

Connecting with reverence and massage

To celebrate my husband Sean’s birthday, we treated ourselves to a date at a local hot springs spa.  We each received massages, and as we lounged in the mineral pool afterward, we discussed how we could bring this level of

Sylvia May 4, 2010May 4, 2010 Relationships & Community No Comments Read more

Ask Spirit!

Yesterday, I sat in with Maya for a simple speech screening.  She seemed like a little lady sitting there very studiously responding to the speech therapist’s “games”  which mostly including repeating words and sentences. I marveled at how grown up

Sylvia April 21, 2010 Spirituality/Intuition No Comments Read more

Camp Lessons on Anger and Queendom

Last week Sean and I eagerly packed our trailer to join a large group of school friends for camping in Carpinteria.  This would be our inaugural trip with our tent trailer.. the entre into “princess camping” and I was ready!! 

Sylvia April 19, 2010April 19, 2010 Conscious Mothering 2 Comments Read more

Vessels of Love come in all sizes

Today as I sat in my bedroom with my computer on my lap, Maya peeked in and I reminded her that I am working right now.  I flashed her the “I love you” sign and she gave me a sincere

Sylvia April 8, 2010May 4, 2010 Spirituality/Intuition 2 Comments Read more
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