I’m grateful my daughter wasn’t born on her due date. Because now that date can be a day for me to remember the anticipation and preparation of bringing a new life into the world. The world is pregnant with possibility. We are constantly rebirthing ourselves. And like labor (though quite different!), this process can take … Continue reading UnDo Date
Author: Gila Daman
Latest release: Pandemic Poetry. Also by Gila: She Pooped, I'm Pooped!: Motherhood Year One,
First Comes Self-Love, Then Comes Marriage, and The Roadmap Ends Here: Entering Adulthood.
Figure Out the Funny
Instead of berating yourself, figure out the funny. Find the humor. Not because it is funny, it’s likely not. But because it will give your brain something else to do other than berate yourself. If you struggle with negative self talk, like all habits, this one is hard to break. With habit change one is … Continue reading Figure Out the Funny
The Soul Stirs
My soul stirs an aliveness that won’t let me sleepa literal awakening a voice that beckons to be heard as the foundation shifts under me THEN I was called to move awayNOW I’m called to returnfor the space in which my soul feels freethat makes me come alive is exactly where I’m meant to be … Continue reading The Soul Stirs
25th Anniversary of…
My bat mitzvah! My entrance into womanhood. I was searching for the words to capture how I so deeply connect with my inner 12-year-old self—that pure, innocent girl who had not yet explored the sexual sphere, which would end up wreaking havoc on her emotional life. How to say that? How to capture it? Am … Continue reading 25th Anniversary of…
Let Them Live
If we cannot make space for those whose lives look different from ours. If we cannot support the artists who bleed daily their emotions and know not how to survive but by producing the products of their soul. If we force the ones we love to fit into cookie cutter molds. But it won’t sustain … Continue reading Let Them Live
Artist’s View
Where you saw boringI saw calmwhere you saw mundane I saw lifeblossoming around me colors of different shadesenergy spirals dancing around the room the life you lead day to dayis a beautifully array of color,dark and lightof pain and hopeups and downs separateness and coming together I can see the danceI can see the colorful … Continue reading Artist’s View
Thankitude!
Hi! I hope you have had a good Thanksgiving. (Weekend still going!) Holidays can have a slew of emotions around them when gathering with family. I am very fortunate in that this year my Thanksgiving was pure joy! Honestly, every time I gather with family on Thanksgiving it’s a happy time, but this year was … Continue reading Thankitude!
Mama’s Song
Sick to my stomachCuz I miss something I never knew existed Most my lifeIt's twistedWait for the dayTo be greeted Overcome the voices DefeatedThinking it will never happen The thing I want the mostCan't even fathom One day she arrivesA blessing wrappedIn cotton She's a miracle of lifeI’m tired but I keep marching onKeep marchingNow … Continue reading Mama’s Song
Would You Rather Be
Would you rather be happy or famous Flawed or blameless?You think fame will give you a nameRaise your statusErase your shameBut only you can do that To thine own self be true Don’t be chasing after visionsJust simply be you Fame doesn’t erase your painIt adds more to your already full plate Stresses you out, … Continue reading Would You Rather Be
Happy 11-11-22
Not only is it 11-11. But 11+11= 22. The fact that this week is culminating on 11/11 is meaningful to me cuz this has been a week of self-discovery. Ironically it was through declining opportunities (both personal and professional) that I felt validated in who I am. Opportunities that a greener, less experienced version of … Continue reading Happy 11-11-22
Mindful Nuggets 