Welcome.

I wish I could stick a couch onto this website, so you could curl up while you read.  Maybe some hot tea, too.  But since I can't, I'll just say, welcome.  This space is for you.

I'm Rae. I'm a wandering Canadian. I have a Superstar Husband, which is a wonderful thing to have. He has a new banjo, and many other instruments that are pretty important members of our family. We have four children who are just like taquerias: spicy, full of beans, and filled with tables and chairs. (Not really.)

They feature on this blog all the time, so I'll introduce them: Kid A (nicknamed for the wonderful Radiohead album, in case you're wondering) is eight years old, incredibly bright, a small scientist, full of questions, and a little melancholy at times.  The YaYa sister is six: our only daughter, unconsciously lovely, an artist, in temperament more like a firstborn, and a great friend to have.  Leafy, growing like a weed- he's four.  Leafy loves to give gifts and receive them, build us things, and let us know right from wrong. Also to pretend to be a superhero.  And then there's our Solo, two years old- our intense dancing cutey bean, the one who brought all the noise.

As more people are reading this website, sometimes I find myself faltering, a little, when I want to write about something particular to certain parts of my life that other people share.  So, I'll just say this.  I want to continue to be honest, while also striving to be kind.   This is not always easy, but it is a groundnote for this blog.

We live in India.  Before that we lived in Sacramento, and before that we lived in the Woods in Northern California, with the tall tall trees and the winding rivers. Before that, in San Francisco, and once upon a time I was a girl growing up in the ravines of British Columbia. I am not done with my journey, by any means.

I'm looking forward to good stories.

You can always throw me some love at

journeymama[at]gmail[dot]com

Much love and happy reading,

Rae