My Baby Taught Me the Joy of Living in the Moment

I have learned that there is nothing more centering, more reality-invoking than spending time with my baby.

Allison Hope
Nov 1 · 4 min read
Mother lifting baby son
Mother lifting baby son
Photo: Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images

I worked for a Buddhist magazine for six years. While I never officially considered myself a Buddhist, I jokingly referred to myself as “Buddhist by diffusion” when practitioners asked me how I…

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Allison Hope

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Writer and native New Yorker who favors humor over sadness, travel over television, and coffee over sleep. @bubballie www.urbaninbreeding.com

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