Line Upon Line

As a professional working mom, I find balancing work and family to be challenging. As moms, we spend a large portion of the day multi-tasking to keep up with the next demand. Work isn't much different, I find myself bouncing from one fire to the next, a form of triage to try and prevent catastrophic system failure.

In all of the activity I find that my best days are when my head, my heart and soul are aligned. The noise of the day flows by, things are accomplished and drama is what I watch on TV. I love good days, often wish to hold on to them. Funny how we can't wait for the bad days to end and we wish good days would last forever. Striving for the impossible, guess that is what makes us human.

For me, happiness isn't a destination, it is really a mode of travel. More than a state of mind, but a state of being. You know, the old saying, "Mind over Matter", if you don't mind, it don't matter... or something like that!


Dylan & Neisha are 7 1/2 months, the amount of change/growth they have undergone since inception is truly remarkable. I find motherhood to be the most challenging/rewarding role I've ever played in life. Watching as our children take on and master new tricks/skills brings innocence and moments of clarity. A few days ago, Neisha would pick up her cracker puffs with her palm mostly, now she is starting to use her figures, not every time, but eventually she will learn the efficiency of finger/thumb eating. Dylan finds interest in how things work. He repeats actions with the most inquisitive look on his face that he is not easily distracted.

Parenthood changes a person. Physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, more than I thought it would. Not sure what balance feels like, however I'm starting to feel a sense of rhythm. It is fortunate that learning/acquiring new skills is line upon line, precept upon precept.