Fill Your Cup

Step Out of the Rushing River and Sit By the Water

Happy New Year everyone! I dug up this letter that I wrote in Dec 2020 to introduce the first gathering of Mom Village (a meditation and Sensory Awareness group) and now it feels like a gem. I remember writing this and wondering if it was OK to call for “desperate mothers everywhere,” and if anyone would admit to feeling desperate. Now with a 10-month-old and a 4-year-old at home for a week, with no childcare, I can say that I reach moments of desperation nearly daily. Don’t you?

When I wrote this letter, three years ago, the whole world had just shut down and my desperation was at an all time high. I created Mom Village at this time to have a space to connect with other mothers and find my own soul again. In these early days the slogan was: “Nourishing ourselves so that we can nourish the next generation.” This still feels crucially important but now it’s shifting to: “Nourishing ourselves because we deserve to be nourished.”

Having a space to come together to drop all the bul…