Your body left mine on the new moon. One month ago, today.I pick up Arjan from daycare and head home on a dusty road in Morongo Valley as hefalls asleep in the back seat. The cholla cactus glistens in the summer heat; its needleslook like stars. I feel sunbaked. The air conditioning blasts. Tears start […]

The afternoon desert sun shimmers through our bedroom window. The San Pedro cactus in our garden radiates a vivid neon green glow. Our two-year-old son is at daycare, and the house is, dare I say, quiet. My husband and I snuggle in bed. I am awestruck, grateful from my bones to the crown of my […]

Dear Beautiful Being,  For over two years, I have been in a cocoon (or as I like to call it a ‘babycoon’) with my husband and our baby boy. It has been a season of deep slowing and an amazing blessing to do so. As I emerge and come back online, it is my great […]