Parenting

When Deia was 5 hours old, she started projectile vomiting on me, after she had only nursed and received colostrum. It was terrifying… holding this fresh, pure, just birthed baby at home after a water birth, and she is puking up the only thing she had taken in. It proceeded to happen a few more … Continue reading “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food….” Hippocrates

Whenever I start getting run down or spread thin and actually listen to my Soul, it tells me “Wake up before everyone else, Emily! Set the alarm for 5 AM & Enjoy the quiet house, write, meditate, breathe. Get grounded and ready to greet the kids with a peaceful mind and magical ideas!”… In fact, … Continue reading A Hala Mat of Trust, Peace and Connection

Today was one of those days where I felt in the flow. And I felt and saw synchronicity unfolding before my eyes. I was able to clean the kitchen, put away clean clothes, play horsies, make lunches, brush Deia’s hair and actually put it in a braid, prep some food for dinner, enjoy my … Continue reading Follow the Sun

Gavin turned 7 today. I turned a “mama of a 7 year old.” I just spent 7 days celebrating three birthdays. I have three boys in my life and they all have birthdays in the same week. I am checking myself into the spa tomorrow. For a week. haaaahahahah!! Just kidding. But not about any … Continue reading Gavin’s 7th Birthday

the guy that stopped speaking Spanish at the Spanish Language school for me. Happy Birthday to the guy that walked barefoot on the dusty streets of Costa Rica in order to feel what was/is real. …. to the guy that swam to a pink island with me instead of surfing. …. to the guy … Continue reading Happy Birthday to….

A year ago, I found myself 41 weeks pregnant, in pre labor for 3 weeks, exhausted, and trying to control every part of my life… So the four of us Kleins headed to my parents condo at Turtle Bay. I took a shot of gin, we went to Lei Leis for dinner, had a … Continue reading The Un-Doing

8 years ago I was about to walk down the aisle. No kids. No plans. No worries. No thought of ANYthing except that I got to go see my man out past the rancho, right where I had fallen in love with him some 5 years before, surrounded by most of our family and friends. … Continue reading Butterflies

Christmas night: Gavin and his bike slide on driveway in slow motion right before dinner. I go into Mom mode. The mind is spinning. Conner needs to nurse. Gavin needs something. What? Leg hurts. How bad is it? Where do we go? Whom do we call? Which emergency room? Ice. Children’s tylenol. Arnica. Breathe. Conner … Continue reading There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. — Zarathustra Part I, Chapter 4, On the despisers of the Body (1885)

“I’ve seen women insist on cleaning everything in the house before they could sit down to write… and you know it’s a funny thing about housecleaning… it never comes to an end. Perfect way to stop a woman. A woman must be careful to not allow over-responsibility (or over-respectabilty) to steal her necessary creative rests, … Continue reading W a B i S a B i

Well, Sir William, what happens when you cannot sleep at night? What happens when you don’t sleep night after night? Well, of course… You are unable to think in the morning, surely unable act (normally and consciously) in the noon. And you just want to eat all day to try and give yourself energy. When I … Continue reading “Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.” William Blake

Last night I had a brief but inspiring convo with my sistah, Kristin. We talked about loving thy self and making sure to schedule in self care. And not by chance, today this email was in my inbox and I thought I’d share it. It was a nice reminder and yet another hint to keep … Continue reading E X P A N S I O N

I wrote the following letter to my friends after I had to cancel a New Moon Circle morning at my house. I had been so excited the week leading up to a little gathering in my new home. I had been planning and gathering information. And then the morning of, Deia woke up with a … Continue reading Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver

Spencer and I got to have dinner with Martin Hubbard the other night. He is the master thinker behind a book on thoughts called Reversing the Senses. My experience with him turned out to be very inspiring, thoughtful, and humbling. I was explaining in an entertaining, dramatic, humorous way about how each child has represented something in … Continue reading Thoughts on Being- In Pursuit of Magic, Balance and Surrendering to the Mystery

I’m in the kitchen tonight getting ready for Deia’s 3rd birthday party tomorrow. Pregnant, yet again. Licking the batter from a Betty Crocker Confetti Cake Mix. Eww? Yum? I don’t really know at this point. The truth is, you can’t judge unless you’ve been pregnant with a baby that rocked your world. Let me … Continue reading Betty Crocker Turns 3!

Sweet Deia turned 20 months on June 1st. She definitely keeps all of us laughing. And on our toes. One minute we are all laughing and having a good time, and the next she might be screaming and biting. I like to think of it as passionate!:)….. Deia has a zest for life and wants … Continue reading Deia at 20 Months

My friend Annika is so good about keeping up on her blog(s) and she writes about/ to her kids so frequently. My goal is to write about my kiddos once a month on their day of birth (for Gavin it will be the 20th and Deia the 1st). It’s nice for me to document it … Continue reading Gavin 4+ years old (50 months)

I haven’t written on here in so long. I chose to put my energy, time and thoughts into the moment for several months. I new that I needed to concentrate on strengthening our roots, getting settled and tending to our foundation before I could reflect and share our experiences. Basically it was just about taking … Continue reading An Invincible Spring!

The last couple of months have been full of ups and downs and all arounds!….. But through it all we’re where we need and want to be….ebbing and flowing, inhaling and exhaling. Home. Here are glimpses into some moments that make me smile.

We got a wonderful and HELPFUL 2 1/2 week visit from my parents. When Gavin first started talking he couldn’t say Grandma and Grandpa….and the words that came out were Manga (for Grandma) and Vaca (for Grandpa). This went on for about a year. And the classic part was that we were living in Costa … Continue reading Manga & Vaca are Here!

At the beach, while Gavin was eating his lunch, I was mesmerized by his lashes. He definitely got the goods from Spencer. Lucky kid! And so I pulled out the camera and started snapping away…..apparently getting too close and too many. and then he threw out a “Mama, you are distracting me. Can you please … Continue reading “Oh Really, Gavin?”