Parenting Day-to-Day

Being a parent provides endless opportunities for gratitude. We are privileged to witness life unfolding. We have opportunities to see the extraordinary in the ordinary each and every day. Even when it is messy, tedious, or frustrating, parenting has the power to connect us with something larger than ourselves.

Latest Rituals

How You Will Fledge

“I, my child, / will never tire / of bringing you / morning worm…”

a birds nest

The Shofar Breaks

intention, shofar

woman blowing shofar

A Placenta-Planting Ritual

A complete ritual for a family to bury the new child’s placenta under a plant in the garden.

childbirth, community, garden, tree planting

A Placenta-Planting Ritual

Sukkah, 2022, Incomplete

“Every day we exist inside unfinished business.”

children, forgiveness, joy, sukkah

Like the Arrow that Flies by Day (Psalm 91:5): A Prayer for Calm Coherence in the Midst of the Chaos of Daily Life

“May memory be a protective seawall / to re-call me: / it’s all about the breath.”

breath, meditation, psalm

calm woman with eyes closed

A Prayer for a Mass Shooting, Before You Know What is Going On

“When the time comes, grant us wisdom, fortitude and stamina.”

a woman in a ponytail silhouetted against a white wall

Working Parent Ritual for Beginning and Ending the Work Day

This ritual offers working parents a moment of pause between our different roles in life

children, parent

light skinned brown haired mother holding small child and multiple bags and a diaper bag outdoors giving the child a kiss

Blessing for Daughters

“May you claim your ancient power”

baby naming, baby shower, family, feminism, gender, naming

brown skinned woman in black tank dress holding hands and dancing with two brown skinned girls by the ocean with water in the background and sunlight

Source: Yitro

“I recall the dark / glittered. And I calmed …”

family, parent, Yitro

Source: Yitro

Tomorrow

“Your birthright renews every breath”

children, grandparents, hope

Tomorrow