• HOME

  • PUBLISHED ESSAYS

  • BLOG

  • ABOUT

  • More...

    Use tab to navigate through the menu items.

    JOY GABRIEL

    • All Posts
    • City Kids
    • Feeling My Feelings
    • Parenting
    • Quarantine
    • Self Compassion
    Search
    joegabriel9
    • May 21, 2020
    • 4 min

    Highly Recommend: Self Compassion

    I always wanted to be the mom who had it together. But I’m the mom who’s working on it. I’m in it with my family. With myself. SelfCompassio
    6 views0 comments
    joegabriel9
    • Apr 30, 2020
    • 3 min

    I'LL ALLOW IT

    Right now I have one child who cannot get close enough and one child who cannot build a big enough barricade. The boy wants to sit on my...
    6 views0 comments
    WALL FOR THE WIN
    joegabriel9
    • Apr 24, 2020
    • 2 min

    WALL FOR THE WIN

    Last night I did something I NEVER do. When Red announced he was hungry at 7:30pm (the time by which they are usually fed/bathed/snuggled...
    1 view0 comments
    This Is Hard
    joegabriel9
    • Apr 19, 2020
    • 1 min

    This Is Hard

    On the way home from our walk, she asked me if I had to wear a mask outside during quarantine when I was little. No, honey. We didn’t...
    1 view0 comments
    AMIDST THE CHAOS
    joegabriel9
    • Apr 17, 2020
    • 3 min

    AMIDST THE CHAOS

    I finally got outside. I was sick with a fever and flu symptoms etc (couldn’t get a test so don’t ask) and didn’t leave my apartment for...
    1 view0 comments
    LET'S DIAGRAM IT
    joegabriel9
    • Apr 8, 2020
    • 2 min

    LET'S DIAGRAM IT

    I love the assignments coming home from our teachers. In keeping with my firm belief that my son's teacher is Mr Rogers incarnate, their...
    2 views0 comments
    joegabriel9
    • Mar 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    FEELS FAMILIAR

    On Monday (approx one million years ago) I woke up scared and overwhelmed. How will we do this? I took a minute alone before I started...
    3 views0 comments
    AND SO IT BEGINS
    joegabriel9
    • Mar 16, 2020
    • 1 min

    AND SO IT BEGINS

    What I hope my kids remember about living through this crazy time is that we did it together. Not AT each other or around each other. But...
    3 views0 comments

    JOY GABRIEL

    Thanks for submitting!

    © 2020 by Joy Gabriel