Beit Roga

We made it to Passover. Hopefully calmly and happily, if not a bit exhausted. :) Along with all the Passover cleaning I was doing the weeks leading up to Passover, I was doing some internal cleaning as well. Here is that story. There are some profound lessons that I learned this past week. In order to tell you about them, I need to share a bit of my soul. So here goes. We’ll start with the feeling. Of loneliness. Crazy, right? I am surrounded by a loving and supportive create

Well, I am still going at a steady rate of balancing Me time and getting cleaning done in between. I am superbly proud of myself for keeping stress at bay, even with the talk of all to be done all around me. What about you? Are you managing to put in your down time? Are you taking up the Calm Wisdom challenge I posted a few weeks ago in my blog about watching your time grow as you increase your Me time? I hope you are, and I hope you are reaping the rewards :). (If you want m

OK, so here is my situation. Let’s get real, here. As the Calm Mommy I want to show you what my life is like right now. My husband is away for the week for work. I am pregnant and big and limited in the amount of physical activity I can comfortably do in a day. I still have half a large house to clean. And with only three mornings left of quiet (aka kids still in school) this morning, woke up to three kids not feeling well and one whose classes were cancelled. Hmm. Down to tw

Happiness is my theme this month, it seems, and spreading it is my goal. Why am I so happy in Springtime? We just celebrated the holiday of Purim last weekend. Purim is the holiday of happiness, so let’s look there at what happiness is. Did you know Purim is the holiest day of the Jewish year? Not Yom Kipur – when we wear white and fast and pray in synagogue all day. Nope, that is not the holiest day of the year, although one would think it is from all the praying. Nope, Puri