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Please read: Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

July 13, 2022
by birch & raven
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I have shared some version of this article before, but having read it may have saved my child’s life today, so I’m sharing it again. Please, please read it, share it, and internalize it, because drowning doesn’t look the way we think it does. And now I know from experience. My son almost drowned right in front of me this afternoon. We were at the lake, in between swimming lessons for my two children. My […]

Rage Cleaning

October 14, 2021
by birch & raven
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General Musings / Mental Health / Uncategorized

I rage cleaned today. Well, ok, it started as rage cleaning and relaxed slightly into stress cleaning. I have been feeling overwhelmed this week by All The Things I have going on in my life right now: homeschooling two little ones, co-parenting them and two teenagers, my job, renovating a house, caring for animals…oh, and a global pandemic. This week I have been walking through the house doing things and it seems like every place […]