Sarah Rise Weekly Updates

Perhaps I should stop writing about my breakthroughs in thinking because it seems that every time I write about an insight then I lose my new perspective shortly thereafter. Is this because once I commit it to writing I stop thinking about it so actively? Or would it happen anyway just because things and thoughts… Read more »

It was a totally amazing and wonderful week! I had new thoughts and intentions and I kept them until Saturday morning. My new intention is to feel like I am on vacation all the time, with that ease and joy and lack of time pressure. I have a truly, deeply, amazingly, wonderful life and I… Read more »

Usually, when I see friends who get these updates, I feel that I have nothing to tell them when they ask how I am doing. This week I had the lovely gift of people asking how I was, wanting to really know the nitty gritty details and I let myself spill it all out instead… Read more »

On the way upstairs to write this, I stopped by our chocolate stash and picked out a partially eaten bar, initially intending to break off a chunk. Then I thought better of it, it being Mother’s Day and all, so I put the whole thing in my bathrobe pocket. At this point, Carl and I… Read more »

This week we officially started all of the various supplements recommended by the naturopath. We will increase the amounts of some of them in the coming weeks,. Even as it is, it is a heck of a lot of stuff! Some supplements are chewable, some get mixed with food, and a couple are pills that… Read more »

I decided to increase my efforts at having hair-washing be a better experience for Sarah. In the past it was not so much of a problem but lately she screams a lot and fights our efforts. During one SR session, I brought in a laundry basket, our bath bucket, a washcloth, and a couple of… Read more »

Some weeks really feel like years in my internal landscape of thoughts and feelings. Last week everything was the best ever and I was totally understanding the perspective that running a Son-Rise Program is the most selfish thing I will ever do. It is. Running our whole Sarah-Rise endeavor is. I am doing it for… Read more »

So many things in my life are the best thing ever. Being born to my parents was the best thing that could have happened to me. As was meeting E and G, my dear friends that I have had since I was 4. Meeting Carl was the best thing ever. Deciding to be a massage… Read more »

Sarah has been out riding her new bike and she loves it! At first she had some trouble with the pedals but that is coming along beautifully. I am grateful for training wheels so it is easy for her to go at her own pace with pedaling and pausing. Accompanying her, I often feel teary,… Read more »

Last weekend we transitioned the girls to sleeping in their own beds all night long. We had already transitioned to them going to sleep without us sitting with them and that went much more easily than we expected. For the Great Bed Transition of 2014 we purchased a new twin mattress to match the one… Read more »