by Michelle Lasley | May 5, 2015 | Health, The Balancing Act
I needed permission to feel. And, I didn’t have it. I didn’t give it to myself. I didn’t think I could give it to myself. I felt conditioned to be stoic. I felt conditioned to not show emotion. I felt conditioned to put on a happy face and keep...
by Michelle Lasley | May 1, 2015 | Blogging Before SEO, Family, Parenting, The Balancing Act
Levi participated in his First Communion last Sunday. He has accepted this rite of passage I’ve introduced for him, but he hasn’t had any particular high or low emotion about it. He certainly loves getting dressed up for church, always insisting on wearing...
by Michelle Lasley | Apr 28, 2015 | Blogging Before SEO, Family, Motherhood, Parenting, The Balancing Act
We do what? A photographer friend noted how common it was for her women clients to refuse photographs of themselves. They are too ashamed of how they look, so they erase themselves from their children’s lives for shame. What happens is that children, when as...
by Michelle Lasley | Apr 23, 2015 | Blogging Before SEO, Health, Motherhood, The Balancing Act
Sunday night, Levi went to bed warm. He had woken up even more congested in the morning, and now, compare to Saturday, he had lethargy added to his obvious symptoms. Bedtime came, and he didn’t even fuss. However, 9pm rolled around and he came out of his room in...
by Michelle Lasley | Nov 13, 2013 | Blogging Before SEO, Family, Parenting
I started drying my fork, and then I noticed part of my lunch was clinging, viciously, to the tines. In that moment, I was transported back to when I was a preteen, staying with my uncle and aunt for a month during the summer. Here, in the present day, the work...
