by Lisa O'Brien | April 8, 2016 | your yum, yum living, yumkins
I remember as a child complaining to my mother about being bored. Often the response was a directive to do a chore, read a book, or get outside. But on occasion she’d reply with more of a challenge. “Well, then. Why don’t you make your own...
by Lisa O'Brien | July 8, 2015 | your yum
Breathe. Just breathe. WTF is that? When my head feels like it’s tingling and I’m swelled with reactions to this life? Like I could punch something so hard if I hear another minute of whining and crying and nasty? I have a beautiful life. A funny, smart, handsome...
by Lisa O'Brien | December 6, 2012 | yumkins
How does it all boil down to this? I have reasons to feel pretty well-footed in the mellow mothering department. Six kids later—boys and girls ranging from four-years to almost 13 years old, more than a decade working in urban elementary charter schools in cities all...
by Lisa O'Brien | September 7, 2012 | yumkins
I have. Smiling from ear to ear. A spring in my step. Improved posture. What, you ask, is up? These six lovelies are all in school. Full day. I admit it. And this doesn’t make me a mean, unloving mother. And I’m not out getting manicured and eating...
by Lisa O'Brien | May 13, 2012 | yum living
It was a glorious Mother’s Day weekend, right here at home. Mostly. On the trail Daniel made for us, discovering loads of fern, moss, and honeysuckle with Owen and Blair. Worked on my inner and outer strength and present moment attention Saturday morning at...