The days are shorter. The evenings are cooler. Fall is just around the corner. I remind myself to be present with the summer days while they last. Have I really not posted since April? Where does the time go?
I picked two bowls of blueberries from our front garden bushes with my daughter yesterday. DE-lish. We noticed that one leaf had already turned to a reddish brown. Signs of autumn already. Wow. Indigo is 4 now. I wonder if she will remember the days when she leisurely picked berries on NE 72nd.
We are approaching a time of transition. September brings change as we shift into cooler days and the wheel continues to turn. Present moment, beautiful moment. No coming, no going. My emotions are raw and on the surface some days. My cells are remembering the season in which my daddy transitioned out of his body two years ago (9/15/06). I reflect on how to celebrate life and death and all the cycles in the natural world.
Cosmo died this week--one of Indigo's beloved guinea pigs in her preschool classroom. We were curious about whether or not Otis is missing his sweet friend. Indigo remembered that her friend Sophie used to like to hold Cosmo. Last night was a tough one for Indigo. She was unsettled and having a hard time letting go into the realm of sleep. She had been on edge with her emotions. I asked her about Cosmo and then she sobbed. We cried together for some time. She really misses her friend. This death symbolizes the transitions that lie ahead as she cycles out of her current preschool and into a new wondrous school with new friends and new adventures (and a cob house!!).... www.newdayschool.org.
My night owl is beckoning me to rub her back and sing Baby Boats as she drifts off to sleep this evening.
More soon (I hope) . . .
Friday, August 22, 2008
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