A house witch’s guide to life and motherhood

  • The “Yes” Method I’ve been in childcare for well over a decade, and I’ve heard of all sorts of parenting and teaching strategies. I remember when I first read a blog headline about never saying no to your child I rolled my eyes so hard I thought they’d never come out of the back of Read more

  • Moving Past the Old Clichés “Sleep while the baby’s sleeping!” “Remember, you’re eating for two!” “Enjoy this now, they’ll be grown before you know it!”If you’re pregnant or ever have been you’ve heard these a thousand times over. They are well intended, I’ll admit. But helpful? Not even kind of. Sometimes it can even set Read more

  • A Note to the Curious Muggle If you’re reading this because you think that I believe in telekinesis, transfiguration, or that I can cast fireballs, rest assured I am mostly sane. I recognize the constraints of the real world and science. My beliefs mostly lie in my definition of the word “energy”. One definition of Read more

A Mother's Hearth