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her and Puppy.   It got dark and she went off,  coming back with her stroller with the 3 friends in it.  She packs for herself when coming for a sleepover.   A lot of stuff.   I'd pushed the stroller to the doorway between the bathroom and that back room as soon as she got here,  but at dark,  she went for it.   Picked it up and put it on  the foot of the bed,  which is not quite a twin size.   I didn't comment.   Around 10:30 Puppy was asking to come in.    She usually would sleep where the stroller was.  But confidently asserted herself between Emrie and i in different configurations all night long.   Morning.   Time to go to B Garden.  The day to plant SunFlowers in the little toilet paper seed containers.  Off she goes with the stroller and the 3 friends.  Just how it is.   

Right before we left,  i asked her to Sit with me.   We did,  cross legged on the Earth in front of our SunFlower pots,  Fingers touching as she knows how to do and i told her i wanted us to do Metta together.   I told her that there was a man in a country Far Far Far Away who was mean.   Was hurting the people of that country.   I wanted us to do Metta for this.   She nodded…no comment and i said  we can just say these words of Hope.   We did.   first for the people of the country.   May you be safe.  May you be healthy.  May you be Happy.   May you live with ease.    We breathed 3 breaths.  then…for the mean man,  that he might learn to be kind.   We packed up the Toy Story people,  the pink plush bear named Paul and off we went.   All in a day.  Just going.   This is how she knows life to be.   I pray that never changes.   May she stay Sure.

 

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12 responses to “sure of themSelves”

  1. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    Kindness toward others, even those who are mean;lessons that go hand in hand with sureness. to be sure is to feel secure, to feel secure is to feel loved and to feel love, is to give love. So off she went, Emrie and her friends, planting seeds of many kinds, including sunflowers…sharing her day.

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  2. maria Avatar
    maria

    children make connection between past and future , and live there life
    ” this is how she knows life to be .
    may she stay sure

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  3. Yvettecals Avatar

    Feel loved…give love
    Love you

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  4. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    I love this post so much .. I feel like I’ve just been given a very warm hug.

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  5. Nancy Avatar

    This hill is a good place for living, for learning, for growing….for being.
    May you be sure. May you be safe. May you be healthy. May you be happy. May you be forever kind. xo

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  6. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes…to feel love is to give love. This is our exchange.
    She is so spontaneous with that…it is so so totally
    natural for her. More than any of the rest of us

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  7. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes…o so much, may she stay sure. may her life
    allow this

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar

    OH, Yvette….
    yes. Feel Give
    I love you here………

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar

    how life is with her

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar

    i am so so GLAD they found it.

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  11. Hazel Avatar

    You give her beautiful moments to be and grow in. She will have these always. So much love for how the two of you are with each other.

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  12. grace Forrest Avatar

    what it is to me, For me, is that it is spontaneously
    MUTUAL. She gives me the opportunity to be a me i find
    exhilarating…plain. wide open. Full.

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