March 2022

I sit in my office. Well, it’s really just a glass desk in the corner of a bay window between my dining room and my living room. I don’t know if you could call it a bay window, it’s more… Read More »Spiraling in real time.

Ben and I have recently been redecorating, organizing, and reevaluating our apartment. I say recently, but this is actually an ongoing process. We kind of do this every year. Except, this year, I am determined to do a few new… Read More »Redecorating

Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong era. Actually, I think about this a lot. I know that I have a lot of things I couldn’t have had 50, 60, 70 years ago. And I am grateful that… Read More »Born in the wrong space in time

It’s been a really long time since I’ve gotten together with a friend who isn’t the mom of one of my daughter’s friends. Not to say it isn’t fun to hang out with the other gymnastics or school moms, but… Read More »Good friends are important

Traffic was miserable today. I caught every red light going the less than 5 miles to my daughter’s gymnastics and then to Whole Foods and back and home. That drive to and from gymnastics usually only takes me five minutes,… Read More »Traffic is back

Growing up, I was a very conflicted kid. On the one hand, I felt very much like an outcast. My parents were not like the others. The food we ate was different. You’ve probably heard this story from countless first-generation… Read More »Norooz 1401

When I got married, I was confident in the design I was creating for my wedding. I knew I wanted orchids, and I knew I wanted them in warm hues of purple. I asked for accents of fuchsia and orange.… Read More »Coming back to me

I forgot how much I love waking up before everyone else. It is one of the most beautiful times of the day. To be awake in the morning, to watch the sunrise, to live in the quiet of the moment… Read More »Morning Solitude

We often want to skip this part and get straight to the high-intensity sweat-inducing, jello leg making workouts. We feel like anything less than drenched in sweat is a waste of our time. But breathing is the foundation. It’s necessary… Read More »Doing the breathing

This particular Tuesday started just like any other Tuesday except that it felt like a Wednesday. The thought of it being Tuesday was promptly discarded by the family that morning, and every few hours the entire rest of the day… Read More »The tuesday that felt like a wednesday