Our house is full of energy and personalities that propel us forward and make us laugh. Sometimes we also verge on tears. We are the infinitely grateful parents of four beauties, and each child has a disposition that could launch ten thousand ships into the high seas of wonder! They are so soulfully gorgeous and they sustain us. Honestly, we owe our happiness to their existence. They nurture us!
In the morning as we hit the ground running to get ready for school, it’s a bit of a debate about seating, food selection, “Where is my robe?”, “Let’s share the berries equally!” and I look at their fairly wild hair, and their dreamy eyes, and observe that transition from ‘let it all go’ sleep to the very dynamic pull of gathering items for their backpacks, reminding me to sign something, shuffling away the mostly cute dogs underfoot (“Oh, yep, forgot to feed them! Fresh water, too!”), trundling out to the garden with Emma Apricot & Mowgli (both males), so that they can greet the neighborhood and empty their bladders, and then back in to bundle up my darlings for their next adventure.
I contemplate sometimes how I will ever be able to adjust to my children as adults. To accept that they can’t always be under my care and protection and influence. How does one accept those new stages? I have been told by others that it happens over time, so that when it happens, you feel ready. Or, more ready than what my perceptions would currently allow for! That must be true. Nurturing their natures, as they blossom before us, is the best we can give.
23 words of light for this first morning after the candle dedication:
We feel lighter, more connected, this time of year. The darkness and the cold are stark reminders of what we so dearly cherish.
with love,
Sabrina
Nurture Mother Nature! 