Parents, I invite you to celebrate the day your child first says clearly and emphatically NO to you! Celebrate and remember this is as you do their birthday. Celebrate your child’s courage, strength ,and opinion. Be the guardian of such boldness and strength. Become the master negotiator who maintains safety while not killing your child’s […]
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regarding rabbit holes
After awhile – you realize that the rabbit hole is real – thats whats in the hole is actually your life and after feeling stark terror – you either lose your mind , rejoin the herd, or become an activist. My prayer for you, is the latter . lsm2016
The Birth Plan by Samsarah Morgan DD Cht LC CD (ICTC) dedication
This little book I dedicate to my dear friend Jonathan Conte. Jonathan was a tireless fighter for the genital integrity of children . He educated and warned of the harmful effects of male and female circumcision. Jonathan died by his own hand. He died estranged from his family whom he felt were unable to empathize […]
Parenting
Parenting! It’s madness. A divine madness. Your life, your body, your soul, changes the moment you realize that a child is coming into your life. You gain weight , walk through labor all for this wet, sticky, sweet, smelling little body that you know you would die for – no question. Then teething, toddling, temper […]
Happy Mother’s Day! 2016
Mothers Day was birthed as a act of radical parenting. It was Mothers saying to the government, “No, I did not birth my child into this world, so that you can chew him up in your war machine.” Look it up! And while its lovely – the cards and love poured out on us that […]
Grief’s Beauty
Grief’s Beauty – L. Samsarah Morgan Recently, I attended a family baby shower. It was a glorious day. The parents-to-be were adorable young people expecting their first child. The pregnant mom was glowing, her husband handsome and proud. Both of them basked in the adoration of their family as they received gifts and well wishes. […]
Lent 2016
I release all of the ways I distract myself from who I am. I release my tendency to offer my soul to people places and circumstances that cannot value , understand , nurture or respect it. I understand that it is my job to value ,respect ,nurture ,and understand my own tender soul. I embrace […]
How some hold injury, and some pass it on.
We are all good – born perfect and then we are subject to our society and time , some manage to find a way to function , still not who they were meant to be ,but able to limp through an exsistance… Others roar in pain and take many lives with them , breaking minds […]