I will not submit.
You have the right to smoke with children present…regardless of the risk to their lifelong health. You have the authority to make medical...
thoughts from Alastar Connor
Welcome to "Looking In The Glass," a unique blog featuring my musings on
divorce, loss, parenting, cancer, self-love, spiritual growth, business, and life.
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You have the right to smoke with children present…regardless of the risk to their lifelong health. You have the authority to make medical...
This morning, first thing, I watched a video about living with high vibration. As I was watching and listening to how all things in...
Pretty much all of my pieces could begin with, “I was listening to NPR…” Is that how I meditate? I sit and listen and see what comes up...
What is sexy? Red lipstick Kitten heels Red Ferrari Me at the wheel? When I cuddle our child Or give birth to our babe Give her life from...
The other day I tipped my head sideways to look at something in the mirror and I thought to myself how much prettier I looked tipped way...
This is for all of you that are going through big life transitions. I recognize so many of the feelings you are experiencing. I want to...
I walk up the hill carrying my cute pool bag. Surveying the lounge chairs, I spot someone I know chatting with another person. Making...
When I wrote my will, I had a complicated decision to make. Who would I leave my daughter to if Joe and I were to pass together. It could...
As most of my ponderings usually become concrete while listening to NPR, this time was no different. I was listening to a discussion...
Beauty is a strange thing. It is a cultural obsession, yet what do you miss when someone is gone? Their beauty? Not at all. As I get...
Words. To me, they hold innumerable power. This is probably why I talk things to death. Why I process my thoughts verbally, even when...
Another evening, another glass of wine. To relieve this pressure, right between my eyebrows. My bleary eyes from 5 hours of screen time....
I lay my sorrow at the base of the mountain. This morning I participated in a guided meditation. We were picturing ourselves as a...
I did it. I bleached my own hair. The results are not pretty. At first, I tried to fix it myself. Then I panicked and tried to find...
I miss the days of adventure. Heading off into the unknown, with a measured and calculated amount of surprise. A structure set for our...
I used to imagine myself as a tree. I was doing my best to handle the storms that came at me, to cling to the ground with my roots and...
We are now living in a world of uncertainty. School, childcare, jobs, elderly parents, savings, and overall health all in flux. And yet...
Creativity is a way out of suffering. We are going about our lives when something happens. An unexpected bomb drops, making us unable to...
My mind is playing tricks on me. "You weren’t as good of friends as you thought you were. She wasn’t as important as you make her out to...
I find myself, yet again, in a time of the unknown. Reminded that our life’s journey has elements that we cannot control and cannot...