by Hollye Dexter | Jul 27, 2018 | #tinystories, family, fire, Fire Season, motherhood, parenthood, parenting, self trust, surviving catastrophe, surviving fire
How many times had you crept into their rooms at night and pressed your face against them to hear the soft hiss of baby breathing, to feel that warm, sweet milky breath in your ear, always needing that reassurance that yes, mama, those babies in your care are strong...
by Hollye Dexter | Jun 16, 2017 | #resist, diversity, family, interfaith, motherhood, muslim community, one love, parenting, Resist Xenophobia, Societal Woes, teaching tolerance for other faiths, tolerance
Islamic Society of West Valley/ Inter-faith dinnerLast week, my eleven-year old son Evan confided in me that he’s been having some fears about ISIS, because of all that he’s seen on the news, and heard from friends at school. He told me that a few days before, a...
by Hollye Dexter | Oct 3, 2016 | #WeAreAllBarb, family, motherhood, Stranger Things, Stranger Things Costumes, Stranger Things party
Evan, 10 years old, just started middle school. It’s been tough for him because he’s amongst the youngest and smallest in the school, and since most of his friends went to other schools, he doesn’t know many people. He’s been miserable...
by Hollye Dexter | May 25, 2013 | family, Integrity, life lessons, living authentically, motherhood, parenthood, telling the truth
Sophia paints Evan’s faceYesterday, my neighbor Lorie pulled me aside and asked if my son Evan had told me about the bench.“No, what bench?” I asked.“The bench in front of my house that he broke,” she replied.Uh-oh, I thought.She continued, “Evan knocked on my...
by Hollye Dexter | Apr 7, 2013 | answered prayers, faith, miracles, motherhood, parenting, prayer
As many of you know, I’ve been on a daily practice of meditation and prayer, and my life has begun to shift. (If you read any of my blogs from the disastrous years of 2010 and 2011, you know I’ve come a long way. Faith was my only way out of darkness.)...
by Hollye Dexter | Mar 17, 2013 | bees, global importance of bees, human impact on environment, lifecycle of bees, motherhood, parenting
Leave it to my seven-year-old to ask questions that plunge me into an existential crisis.Lately, Evan has developed a fear of bees. To quell this fear, I take him hiking, and let him observe the bees at work. I tell him to notice how the bees aren’t interested in...