The kids we're raising now will be tomorrow's activists. How can we show them how to fall and get back up? (Plus: An invite to our next gathering on 4/29!)
My heart and soul really felt this. Thank you for writing and sharing.
"Sometimes I just have to trust that these mostly one-sided parental pep talk moments are sinking in, even with zero evidence." and THAT I think about so often. It felt so reassuring to hear it reflected back.
Also, having a snack is always a great idea to recenter and refuel to begin again!
Thank you, as always, for your writing! I am doing a lot of yard work this spring, tending to a wild space that grew even wilder over the past 4 years of pregnancy and baby caretaking. Now that my boys are 2 & 4 they can be out there with me, the older one digging and carrying things, the younger one playing in the dirt. It feels small but also big, to cultivate this time for them to connect with the earth, to nurture their relationship with the land and the wildness in their own hearts. And we live on a hill so yes lots of falls and getting back up :-) I won't be able to make the gathering this time but I'll be on the lookout for the next one!
Oooh I love to hear all of this. The garden is quite literally such a fertile place for so many life lessons. And I hear you on how wonderful it feels to get back to it after growing a human. We will miss you and your grounding presence on Tuesday! But we hope to have those weekly chat check-ins as mentioned above, so those who can’t make it can still feel connected in between gatherings.
My heart and soul really felt this. Thank you for writing and sharing.
"Sometimes I just have to trust that these mostly one-sided parental pep talk moments are sinking in, even with zero evidence." and THAT I think about so often. It felt so reassuring to hear it reflected back.
Also, having a snack is always a great idea to recenter and refuel to begin again!
Alternative headline: Sometimes we climb the wall, sometimes we feel like we're talking to the wall...?
Thank you for climbing this one with me, Emmy. I really appreciate YOU!
Thank you, as always, for your writing! I am doing a lot of yard work this spring, tending to a wild space that grew even wilder over the past 4 years of pregnancy and baby caretaking. Now that my boys are 2 & 4 they can be out there with me, the older one digging and carrying things, the younger one playing in the dirt. It feels small but also big, to cultivate this time for them to connect with the earth, to nurture their relationship with the land and the wildness in their own hearts. And we live on a hill so yes lots of falls and getting back up :-) I won't be able to make the gathering this time but I'll be on the lookout for the next one!
Oooh I love to hear all of this. The garden is quite literally such a fertile place for so many life lessons. And I hear you on how wonderful it feels to get back to it after growing a human. We will miss you and your grounding presence on Tuesday! But we hope to have those weekly chat check-ins as mentioned above, so those who can’t make it can still feel connected in between gatherings.