parenting
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Domestic Monastery Part 3: My Own Monastery Bell
I roll over in bed at two thirty in the morning this past winter, hearing my infant’s cries. Usually in that moment all I want to do is keep sleeping. Yet there are breaths now when a thought reminds me:… Continue reading
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Domestic Monastery Part 2: Tailoring the Framework to What Your Life Already Is
It seems I have a choice. Either I can be frustrated that parenting inhibits my desire to do other things that I consider “more spiritual,” or I can accept the current limitations of my life and trust that those very… Continue reading
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I’m a messy, struggling human being who wants to be more enlightened than she actually is
Today I’m exhausted from feeling at war within myself. My husband woke up sick and spent most of the day in bed, which has left me juggling three children alone. My cognitive brain obviously knows none of this is my… Continue reading
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Negotiating Neurodiversity for Mutual Satisfaction
I’m a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). It’s a type of neurodiversity. It’s not an official psychological diagnosis yet like ADHD. But my husband has a mild version of ADHD and I mentally frame the needs of our brains and nervous… Continue reading
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It Is Not My Job to Form My Children
“It is not your job to form your children.” My spiritual director spoke those words to me in the middle of our last session. They sank deep and far. I teared up and had to breathe deep. My eldest daughter… Continue reading
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Fair Play: A Self-Assessment and Evaluation of Labor Distribution in the Home
Besides re-evaluating my work life, I’ve also been re-evaluating some things about my home life. In late January there was a week I was so out of sorts and dissatisfied and unsure about so many aspects of my life that… Continue reading
Danielle Klafter 