Ellis Garvin

==DISCLAIMER: My main intention with this blog is to reveal my true experience of parenting my son, Rowen. My experience includes beautiful moments of love and connection, as well as difficulty and struggle. I intend to speak

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Rowen Receives an “Energy Healing”

Rowen’s behavior is SO much better these last two days, since we took him to our local shaman dude for an “energy healing”. The biggest change I feel in Rowen is hard to put my finger

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You are Healed! (but still screaming)

It is now a few weeks since Rowen received a powerful “energy healing”, and I now have a better picture of its effects. I must admit that even I am surprised at the

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Sonic Boom at the Farmer’s Market

Recently Keesha, Rowen and I went to the Kahalui farmer’s market, looking for fresh veggies and a breakfast snack. Keesha entered the market grounds walking ahead of me, carrying Rowen, in the hope that

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Date Night!

It was a rare and exciting event: for only the fourth time in almost a year, Keesha and I were going on a date together, free from any baby concerns. We had organized a babysitting trade with friends,

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Back to the Healer We Go….

About 2:00 PM today…

Okay, this isn’t the enlightened counselor signing in here. This is a father who has already run out of patience, and it ain’t even lunch time yet! I really

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Crazy man, crazy…

Once again I am turning setting aside my deeper “spiritual” understanding for a few minutes so I can talk about how hard it is these days parenting Rowen.  In a way I’m using this blog as a place

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A Shift in Daddy brings Understanding

I had another excellent day with Rowen yesterday.  Getting the day to go well with Rowen is like conducting a symphony; there are so many different parts to coordinate.  It’s actually kind of fun to

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