Before I go any further, I would like to explain that the title of this journal is an aspiration. Right Motherhood is a practice I aspire to each and every day… and more often than not fail. But it is a journey to which I am committed.
And a good job, too, since my daily life is filled with five small boys aged (at the time of commencing this journal) 11, 8, 6, 4 and 8 months; an over-lively Jack Russell pup named Juno and an astrologer who just happens to be my able and beloved companion on this path.
As he has just this moment said to me, that aforementioned astrologer, oh-so-wisely: “People think that work and life are different things, but they should be interchangeable: Life is what you do.”
Here, I intend to chart my progress, (or stasis, or regression!) on the path to raising a family in as mindful, compassionate, spiritual and self-aware fashion as I am capable. You will also find reference to books that have helped or been instrumental in some way, under “Recommended Reading”, and I should add while I’m here that I make no apology for astrological references, since astrology is another integral part of my life. Where I can, I shall link to relevant information. Some of those things charted will work, others will fail, some will help, others caution; but all is real, lived through, authentic… Life.
July 29th, 2012 at 6:00 pm
Your boys are so lucky to have a mindful parent! Good luck on your journey, I enjoy your blog very much, I find astrology quite fascinating done by the right people it is amazingly accurate.