Life Lessons
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To The Strangers Who Criticize My Parenting
It doesn’t happen often. Thankfully, in fact, it is quite rare. Nonetheless, every now and then, I’ll be out with my toddlers bouncing, distracting, warning, counting to three, and trying to appear sane. My number one goal is getting from point A to point B with the least amount of failing, zig-zagging, and whining as […] Continue reading
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The Morning After
I awoke the morning after the attacks on Paris with a heaviness on my body I’ve grown too familiar with. The morning after the loss of a friend, family member, or after a tragic world event, there is this micro-millisecond of blissful oblivion. I start to wake as if it were any other day, another blank […] Continue reading
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Wading Through Motherhood
To eulogise someone you’ve never met in person may seem odd to some, but to not pay tribute to Melissa Matters of Wading Through Motherhood would be a disservice to the impact she has had on my life. Melissa Matters and I “met” about a year and a half ago through a mommy blogger […] Continue reading
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Our Mother-Daughter Dance
If I could have preconceived my one and only daughter, I would have conjured her up. After a textbook first cry, my sweet girl came out into this world and it all made sense. There was no epiphany just a calm realization that everything was right. As I sat in my hospital bed, a […] Continue reading
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Some of the Best Advice for a New Mom
by Melissa Matters I became a mother for the first time, just a few days before Mother’s Day. It has been almost three and a half years since I’ve had a newborn. However, when I see a mom with a new baby, it all comes rushing back to me.This is for the new mom: I […] Continue reading
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Moving From The Inside Out
If you’re visiting Parenting from the Heart for the first time, click here to see my Readers’ Favourite Posts. Stoicism is not one of my stronger suits. If I love something or someone, I express it readily, wholeheartedly, and enthusiastically. If I’m upset, I’m quick to pinpoint the issue and talk about it (maybe more […] Continue reading
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An Open Letter To My Kids About Parenting
To My Dear Kiddos, One day, you may have children of your own. Or, maybe you won’t. If you do decide to trudge down the path of uncertainty, insecurity, and wonderment known as parenting, I’d like to share a few thoughts. Once you are a parent, your entire view on life will change. Fear […] Continue reading
About Me
Hi, I’m Alana. When I’m not nursing cold, stale coffee, I usually can be found with the baby on my hip, barefoot, and racing after my two older kids.
Thanks to a degree in psychology and a free-range childhood backing onto an expansive evergreen forest, positive parenting and play-based learning are my passions.