A beautiful poem by Jennifer Louden (http://www.comfortqueen.com):
Comfort Wishes
Draw what delights you
in to your heart
Let it dazzle you to tears,
filling your body
with the bearable sweetness of being.
Don’t wait for the scratches and scars to be cured
Don’t wait for something bigger or better
And for pity sake, please please
Don’t wait until everybody else has had theirs.
May the tide [...]
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Comfort Wishes, by Jennifer Louden
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Planting Seeds with Children
Posted in Mothering, Uncategorized, tagged bellingham doula, children's empowerment, mama time, MamaTime, Mary Burgess, mother seeds, planting seeds, seeds of empowerment, time with children on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I walk my children to and from school each day. Well, walk, ride bikes, scooter, whatever. But we get there slowly, at their pace. It is a great time to connect. Busy life aside, it is our time together: no phones, no computer, lots of fresh air and moving through weather together.
My daughters are getting [...]
