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Here is the most beautiful description of why believing in something made-up and then not believing in it is a wonderful part of growing up. What follows is from Betty Smith’s famous novel “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”; it was sent to me by “Urban Shaman” Donna Henes. In the passage an immigrant grandma, Mary…

Well, the eldest Chattering son desperately wants a cellphone for Christmas. To him, it’s a symbol of being grown up. I am in the minority of parents concerned about cellphone health risks; my own cell leaves my cranium with a warm, tingling feeling every time I foolishly indulge in a long conversation without the hands-free…

Thanks to Beliefnet’s Valerie Reiss for blogging so beautifully in my absence. I took last week off to rest my tired typing hands, massage my elbows, see my optometrist, clean the house, and get ready for the holidays. I didn’t do as much yoga as I’d hoped, but I now feel freer of a few…

My fellow Beliefnetters and I have been working over the last few weeks to gather a collection of some of the lovelier holiday gifts on the web this season. We just published them last night. We’ve got a list of relaxing gifts to chill out your recipents (and you too, if you’re buying online instead…
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