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 | 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...
by Hollye Dexter | Sep 15, 2012 | children's questions about death, children's questions about God, family, Meaning of life, motherhood, parenting
The ThinkerDriving home from school each day, these are the questions I get from Evan, almost seven years old. They come out of nowhere, and I’m never quite ready for them…When is the future?Who is the first person that caused the traffic?Why can’t we go...
by Hollye Dexter | Sep 3, 2011 | childhood fear, courage, how to help kids face fear, joy of parenting, life lessons, parenting
The other day, Troy, Evan and I were in the mountains walking our dog Stitch when Evan developed a sudden fear of red ants on the ground. These are the same ants we walk over on our hikes every single day, but now he wanted me to carry him and protect him from the...