by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 26, 2015 | Life Lessons, Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness
My hands reek of citrusy chemicals after swabbing down the kitchen surfaces with Clorox wipes. I move to the stairway handrails and bathrooms, trying to eradicate germs while my boys sleep. Cody, my 19-year-old son, has pneumonia. And while he had a few high fevers as...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 17, 2014 | Life Lessons, Mindful Parenting
Is there a right time or a wrong time to read about the death of a child? Anna Whiston-Donaldson’s exquisitely crafted Rare Bird: A Memoir of Loss and Love came out several months ago. I read it hot off the presses and intended to write a review much sooner than...
by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 20, 2014 | Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness
It’s been years since I’ve cried this much. I don’t like to cry. I’m perfectly comfortable with other people crying, but as the only female in a house seething with testosterone, crying wrecks my street cred. Lots of my friends have been crying...
by Martha Brettschneider | Feb 23, 2014 | Life Lessons, Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness, Motivation
Does anybody else out there (male or female) have an inferiority complex when they watch the GE commercial that’s been running during the U.S. coverage of the Olympics? It’s the one with the little girl narrating while magical graphics play in the...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jan 21, 2014 | Life Lessons, Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness, Most Popular Posts
Today Spirit stumbled coming up the three steps from the back patio. His hindquarters just collapsed. I helped him up and he was wagging his tail as soon as he made it into the house, thanking me and trying to reassure me that he was OK. He will be 13 this summer. I...
by Martha Brettschneider | Sep 29, 2013 | Mindful Parenting
The dahlias are in full swing in my garden, mums are about to take the stage, and pansies are replacing begonias in strip mall landscaping across the region. Autumn has finally arrived in northern Virginia, bringing with it pumpkins in parking lots, marching band...
