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Shivan says to Quinn, “Give me a break”

cbrunning — Sun, 16 May 2010 16:31:05 +0000

Shivan sings

cbrunning — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:23:40 +0000

Shivan has a really cute voice and counts past 15, sings Amma bhajans and sings the alphabet spontaneously. He’s been saying “I wuv you” a lot too.

Quinn woke up and said “I love you”

cbrunning — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:00:11 +0000

First thing, Quinn told me “Chris, I love you” as he and Shiva were waking up.

My Mom’s birthday – October 12

cbrunning — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:59:21 +0000

Oct. 12 — It’s my momma’s birthday today, and I’m really loving and missing her! Here is an old photo of her with Quinn when he was just a little tiny guy.

My Mom is a deeply spiritual and intelligent being, and one of my few and best friends. She brought me into the world and I’m privileged to still be able to continue on the path that she helped set me out on. I’ve come back to regard spirituality as life and I attribute a lot of that to her patient guidance that she has provided for me.

I hope that someday I can go get darshan from Amma with my momma.

Sri Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi Birthday Celebration September 27

cbrunning — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:43:27 +0000

Divine Mother!

Again it is beloved Amma’s birthday!

“Transcending the cycle of death and rebirth, is the real purpose of this life in human form.” ~Amma

Quinn’s Birthday April 4

cbrunning — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:30:04 +0000

It’s his birthday — he’s officially four years. He was born 4/4/2005 at 13:04 in “mountain time”

Happy Birthday Quinn

Shivan’s first steps

cbrunning — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:48:21 +0000

I posted that caption on a photo today saying that Shivan was about to start walking and he just did take some first steps this evening. Cool

Well, it was kindof like one step to Jaya and then falling over — twice… so I don’t know if it counts. But he’s close. He’s such a skilled crawler I can envision him sticking to that for a while longer too.

Happy First Birthday Shivan

cbrunning — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:52:36 +0000

I never posted this yesterday on Shivan’s birthday (March 6)… I was waiting to get a photo of him to add to the post. We never took one. But he’s happy!

Jaya’s birthday today – she’s three cubed

cbrunning — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:33:27 +0000

Happy Birthday Jaya

Om Namah Shivaya

Jaya’s seizure timelines

cbrunning — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:56:37 +0000

Halloween was fun with the kids

cbrunning — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:56:43 +0000

Halloween was fun with the kids last week. It’s kindof sad to see that Quinn now knows what “M&M’s” are though.

Chris’ birthday today – Oct. 29

cbrunning — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:05:02 +0000

It’s my birthday; they tell me I’m 31. Thank yous all around.

My Mom’s birthday today! October 12

cbrunning — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:45:41 +0000

We Love You MOM!

Jaya’s mom’s birthday was two days ago, October 10… Two grandma birthdays within two days!

Amma’s birthday today, September 27

cbrunning — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:44:17 +0000

Again it is beloved Amma’s September 27 birthday!

Mata Amritanandamayi Devi

Om
Namah
Shivaya

“Transcending the cycle of death and rebirth, is the real purpose of this life in human form.” -Amma

And he’s hungry for food

cbrunning — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:36:29 +0000

Shivan makes it clear that he’s not just wanting to try a little taste of this or that anymore. He wants to eat!

Shivan talks and crawls

cbrunning — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:23:41 +0000

He’s talking to us regularly now. “Da Da Da Da Da…” And he crawls backwards.

awesome 2 kids

cbrunning — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:31:57 +0000

I’m lying in bed between my two sleeping kids and immensely grateful.
Love,
Chris

Baby!!!!

Jaya — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:41:04 +0000

He’s here! Shivan Ajna Brunning O’Malley born at 11:18 on 3/6. He is a beautiful, fat, healthy baby born at home with the support of his loved ones. Grandma caught him while Quinn and Aunt Kelly watched in amazement. Chris held me in a squat just like he did when Quinn entered the world. He is nursing well.

labor underway, then stalled

cbrunning — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:05:57 +0000

Jaya has been feeling rushes (“contractions”) since Monday night. They never really got stronger and appear to fade away even further after sleep. We’ve been getting good rest and Jaya’s mom and sister have been helping us take care of Quinn’s needs since yesterday morning. We set them up to stay overnight in my “office”. At this point Jaya says that the rushes are no longer regular or even perceptible.

next couple days… leap year birthday?

cbrunning — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:51:11 +0000

Jaya is experiencing lots of crampy kindof feelings like the ones she felt the day before she went into labor with Quinn!

really close to babytime again

cbrunning — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:01:45 +0000

Jaya had guessed that we might be having baby on the 25th, but who knows? Today we got lots of food and did some things around the house to get more prepared. I’m trying to hang out more than ever … Continue reading →

Friends or Family: let us know your contact details

cbrunning — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:56:32 +0000

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Jaya’s birthday today – 20 Feb

cbrunning — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:21:05 +0000

Happy Birthday!

Illness

cbrunning — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:12:31 +0000

Quinn woke up last night nauseous (very rare).

Jaya had a seizure a couple weeks ago.

Illness is a powerful phenomenon.

Quinn is a bigtime pretender

cbrunning — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:48:10 +0000

It’s not big news that Quinn is pretending to be this or that object or animal, but now he does it a lot. It’s useful to be a good listener with Quinn as he responds much more favorably when you address him as “doggy” or whatever may happen to be at the moment. .

Quinn the penguin

cbrunning — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:58:28 +0000

By the time his first night out trick-or-treating was coming to an end, Quinn was getting really focused on candy-getting efficiency

getting kinda old

cbrunning — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 03:12:15 +0000

This guy I met today guessed in passing that I’m “what, forty-five years old…?”

I told him that I’m supposedly about to turn thirty this month.

He said, “You’re under a lot of stress”

I thought about how my grey hair is quickly spreading.

Maybe it’s the beard and scruff though. I still look like a weathered kid when I shave.

And it’s my Mom’s Birthday today!

cbrunning — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:35:57 +0000

Happy Birthday Mom. We Love you very much.

Amma’s birthday today, Sept. 27

cbrunning — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:46:04 +0000

It’s beloved Amma’s September 27 birthday!

Jaya had a seizure around 10:40 this morning here at home. She is OK.

little baby is moving around

cbrunning — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:35:18 +0000

Baby Ajna is becoming active! I felt him move with my hand on Jaya’s belly.

Big updates!

cbrunning — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:47:09 +0000

We have another baby on the way!

and… we decided to move back to Boulder! We’re all doing well.
Love,
Chris

It’s all too beautiful

cbrunning — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 01:01:09 +0000

Hi, we’re still out here. We’re still considering a move, especially for Quinn. Where should we go?

A couple of partial seizures

cbrunning — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:47:47 +0000

Over the past eleven days Jaya has had two partial seizures. Lately we have been investigating some different ways of consciously manipulating brain wave activity, and we are hopeful that the severity of the seizures can be reduced with certain … Continue reading →

I was feeling more motivated…

cbrunning — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:24:23 +0000

Similar to what Jaya has mentioned about her pre-move decisionmaking, I was also motivated to move out here by the prospect of her seizures coming to a halt. ‘Maybe it will stop at a lower altitude…’

We still maintain a focus on finding the cause(s), but the heavy toll these things have been taking on so many aspects of our lives breeds the temptation to try and mask the symptoms — and I’m not even necessarily talking about the seizures themselves …although they’re obviously a major symptom of something.

Both of us have (separately) decided and committed to something in the past… that we aren’t only here on Earth to fufill our desire for comfort…

Happy Birthday Quinn!

cbrunning — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:14:41 +0000

Quinn has made it for two years with us. He’s such a big boy now…

We love you!

Compiling some seizure information

cbrunning — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:57:06 +0000

I’ve made some charts that show the dates of Jaya’s seizures. They’re available through the discussion forum at the following link:

http://cbrunning.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412

We made it to PA

cbrunning — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:46:54 +0000

Quinn is visiting with his Granny Madea. We beat the storm… and, apparently all the people I would have normally seen on the roads must have been really scared — very few people were out on completely drivable roads the entire way.

I promise I will do better and try and balance out these negative thoughts — I think I’m letting all this driving make my head spin.

Lots of snow

cbrunning — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:45:29 +0000

Our bike trailer is buried underneath the mound in the front. This photograph was taken from our kitchen window in Colorado — soon before we moved.

Re-connecting

cbrunning — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 06:35:48 +0000

Dear Family and Friends,

I’ve missed you and am sending Love…

Always,
Chris

koan

cbrunning — Thu, 18 May 2006 17:11:22 +0000

The Inner light is beyond praise and blame. Like space, it knows no boundaries

Quinn is walking

cbrunning — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 14:51:13 +0000

Almost a couple weeks ago, Quinn started having some success at taking a few unassisted steps here and there. We guessed that he would be walking within two weeks… we were right!

He loves it. It’s cute.

Quinn’s Birthday!

cbrunning — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 18:11:12 +0000

Quinn, Shannon and I made it through one year!

Love,

Chris

Quinn talks now

cbrunning — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:15:01 +0000

He says stuff like “uh-oh” and “bye-bye” with a hand-wave

Granny is here!

cbrunning — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 03:54:13 +0000

Granny Madea is visiting the big Q!

Teeth have appeared

cbrunning — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 04:01:44 +0000

Almost overnight, Quinn grew two enormous buck teeth.

Image Gallery — mostly Quinn pictures!

cbrunning — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 17:45:45 +0000

http://cbrunning.net/gallery2/

Ghandi’s advice for the despairing

cbrunning — Sat, 14 May 2005 02:49:24 +0000

“When I despair, I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of … Continue reading →

Happy Mother’s Day!

cbrunning — Sun, 08 May 2005 18:38:04 +0000

It’s Mother’s Day, and I want to take the opportunity to say that every day of my life, I feel a renewed and growing respect for Mother.

I wish to express endless love and gratitude to my mother Ann and my partner Shannon for the patient and unconditional love they show for Quinn and I. I honor the mother lines that bring forth my family, my friends, and ultimately everything into my life. My wish is that my life will serve to honor all aspects of Mother — the giver, the beauty, the hope, and the love of life, the endless moment.

Many thanks to all the Mothers out there…

Woah

cbrunning — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 01:05:03 +0000

I am a daddy now. The love I have for this little one is very powerful. Unique and beautiful, he chose us…

Quinn Anahata Brunning O’Malley

~Chris

Amma quote

Jaya — Sun, 06 Feb 2005 18:57:09 +0000

“Children, you may be scientist or doctor or engineer, let the rational aspect of yourself shine forth when you are in the laboratory and when you are among other professionals. But when you go home you should be able to drop the role. At home you are coming back to real life, and you should be able to move from your head into your heart. You should have the strength to stop thinking about your science and experiments. How boring and dry life would be if you went directly to your room without even glancing or smiling at your wife and children. Think of the stress and strain this would create in the family. If the head of the family doesn?t interact with his wife and children, everyone will find home life boring and sad. Love creates smiling laughing faces and compassionate hearts, and is expressed in sweet and pleasant words. You can choose both head and the heart. There is no problem in this, but there should be a balance, for if you choose logic and rational thinking alone, you are in all troubles. Love will not create any trouble, fear, anger or tension.”
-Amma

Anahata

cbrunning — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 02:03:49 +0000

We’re going to have a baby!

Love Note To Shannon,

cbrunning — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 18:01:41 +0000

Jaya, I love you.

Always,
Chris

Full Moon tonight and a lunar eclipse

cbrunning — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 21:54:49 +0000

Wikipedia re: Lunar eclipse and
October 2004 lunar eclipse