The End

I recently published my first edited book,  Labor of Love: A Literary Mama Staff Anthology ,  with  Small Harbor Publishing . It's an anthology of writing from  Literary Mama  staff over the past 20 years. It's a beautiful collection and I am proud of the writers and proud to share the book.  It seems a fitting moment, as I pondered sharing about the book here on the blog, to reflect on my life as a blogger, and acknowledge that it is time to officially end this blog.   I started blogging in about 2007, when my baby was learning to toddle, when I was learning how to be a mother and stepmother, when I was just starting to see my way as a writer. I needed it back then. I craved it. I had a variety of blog iterations--family, art, creativity, writing things I delved into. There's a freedom in blogging, a casualness, an easy familiarity that's lacking (for me anyway) in other kinds of writing. I loved blogging and the words came pouring out.  Over the years since then, some
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Peaceful Piggy Meditation

A week ago, tragedy befell a small town in Connecticut.  Every day since then I have wavered between the deepest of gratitude that I still have my little son and stepdaughter with me this Christmas, and a mind-numbing sorrow for those who did indeed lose their children, friends, coworkers, siblings, and parents last week.  This kind of loss is inconceivable.

I haven't been through such a terrible loss, and I hope I never have to first hand.  But one way I know to cope with the most basic of life's ups and downs is to meditate. 

Peaceful Piggy Meditation by Kerry Lee MacLean, is a simply written and colorfully illustrated guide to how and why meditation can keep you sane in a world of stress and suffering.  This book is an inspiration to keep on the meditation path myself, and to share the benefits of meditation with my kids.  And it is perfect way to help kids understand meditation.

I know the people of Newtown have a lot of feelings rushing through them all right now.  I wish for them that they can find ways, perhaps through meditation, to weave through the suffering and find a little peace again someday.

Comments

Katrina Morse said…
Very nice book! It's a great one to introduce children to some life strategies they can take into adulthood. Thanks for sharing. Peace to all!
December 22, 2012 at 7:58 AM
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