I cannot believe it has been a year since any update on this blog. And what a year it has been! N is now 7 years old and the changes that I saw when she became 6 have become more pronounced, she has become a person of her own, and yet continues to have her wisdom. Y is growing up too, but she still retains her funny comical innocent spirited side :)
Today's conversation as we were coming back from dance class was about lottery tickets. She wanted to know what those strips of paper were and we had a conversation about them. We talked about how this is similar or different from the folks looking for the golden ticket in Charlie and the chocolate factory (the movie we showed for N's 7th birthday, her first movie), and how perhaps charlie bucket was different in that he was not greedy for the golden ticket. I wondered aloud what would have happened if charlie bucket did not get the golden ticket and N said - maybe Willy Wonka would have let him in anyway since he was such a caring boy, not at all greedy. So much hope! And oh well, so much for the discussion on greed because after a few minutes, we spot lollipops in the shop nearby and N is literally pushing me to get them for her. The seeds of craving exist in all of us :) And I wonder what turns a craving into greed.
Many many conversations about life, living, death, birth, plants, animals, things, people. The emotional world is becoming much more alive and in the last few weeks and months I am becoming more aware of the need for me to be more fully present emotionally for her. Sibling fights, laughs, sharings, dramas - all unfolding. the joy, the shrieks, the laughs, the cries, and much more of our two girls fill our lives, hearts, minds and breath.
Today's conversation as we were coming back from dance class was about lottery tickets. She wanted to know what those strips of paper were and we had a conversation about them. We talked about how this is similar or different from the folks looking for the golden ticket in Charlie and the chocolate factory (the movie we showed for N's 7th birthday, her first movie), and how perhaps charlie bucket was different in that he was not greedy for the golden ticket. I wondered aloud what would have happened if charlie bucket did not get the golden ticket and N said - maybe Willy Wonka would have let him in anyway since he was such a caring boy, not at all greedy. So much hope! And oh well, so much for the discussion on greed because after a few minutes, we spot lollipops in the shop nearby and N is literally pushing me to get them for her. The seeds of craving exist in all of us :) And I wonder what turns a craving into greed.
Many many conversations about life, living, death, birth, plants, animals, things, people. The emotional world is becoming much more alive and in the last few weeks and months I am becoming more aware of the need for me to be more fully present emotionally for her. Sibling fights, laughs, sharings, dramas - all unfolding. the joy, the shrieks, the laughs, the cries, and much more of our two girls fill our lives, hearts, minds and breath.
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