Thank you. The part that held me and I’m taking throughout my day is: “The one who, no matter how much we thrash or cry, will be there to hold us and remind us of who we are— natural beings who innately belong.”
Thank you for these beautiful words and observations Asia. With two winter babies, I can relate to the cocooning and the gentle emergence into spring and also, especially with my daughter, the way she found the transition to the world beyond the womb very challenging. (When you mentioned your daughter being lowered into your arms in the bath, I am now wondering why on earth I thought it would be fine to try to bathe her in a baby bath in the early weeks when she wouldn’t willingly leave my body at all for one year plus, I did find co-bathing relatively soon after!). Despite being in the first lockdown for my daughter’s ‘spring emergence’ there was so much beauty in that time, especially as Mother Nature seemed to be amplified to a surreal, kaleidoscopic extent xx
I think a lot of us mothers who gave birth during this era of COVID and lockdowns will look back at the surreal kaleidoscopic, almost psychedelic reality of this time and be in awe of ourselves...as I am in awe of you. Thank you for sharing Lyndsay.
"When my daughter found her way into the garden to meet the trees and the creek, she met a caregiver who will be with her forever. The mother who is mother to us all." I really felt this. I feel so held by the trees and the waters and yet have never thought of her like a mirror. As nature mirrors us, so too do our family units and your explanation at the beginning of being knocked down like bowling pins also feels like a mirroring of each other.
thanks for this <3 yesterday walking my baby around outside i truly felt like an orphan, with no one to turn to. great to be reminded that the plants and animals always have us >3
Thank you. The part that held me and I’m taking throughout my day is: “The one who, no matter how much we thrash or cry, will be there to hold us and remind us of who we are— natural beings who innately belong.”
Thank you for these beautiful words and observations Asia. With two winter babies, I can relate to the cocooning and the gentle emergence into spring and also, especially with my daughter, the way she found the transition to the world beyond the womb very challenging. (When you mentioned your daughter being lowered into your arms in the bath, I am now wondering why on earth I thought it would be fine to try to bathe her in a baby bath in the early weeks when she wouldn’t willingly leave my body at all for one year plus, I did find co-bathing relatively soon after!). Despite being in the first lockdown for my daughter’s ‘spring emergence’ there was so much beauty in that time, especially as Mother Nature seemed to be amplified to a surreal, kaleidoscopic extent xx
I think a lot of us mothers who gave birth during this era of COVID and lockdowns will look back at the surreal kaleidoscopic, almost psychedelic reality of this time and be in awe of ourselves...as I am in awe of you. Thank you for sharing Lyndsay.
Yes, so grateful for your words and recognition of our separate but shared experience during those days xx
Thank you for sharing your heart with us🌱💫
This is truly so beautiful I’m lost for words 🍃🌬️
"When my daughter found her way into the garden to meet the trees and the creek, she met a caregiver who will be with her forever. The mother who is mother to us all." I really felt this. I feel so held by the trees and the waters and yet have never thought of her like a mirror. As nature mirrors us, so too do our family units and your explanation at the beginning of being knocked down like bowling pins also feels like a mirroring of each other.
Very beautiful 💜 Thank you for sending this into our hearts.
thanks for this <3 yesterday walking my baby around outside i truly felt like an orphan, with no one to turn to. great to be reminded that the plants and animals always have us >3
The orphan is me is walking alongside the orphan in you today. Sending you such great love and care as we walk together in this world.