This is the end of the year, 2016. Cuddle up cozy with your loved ones and always appreciate what you have right now. Your family (hard-won via infertility and IVF challenges, a multiple-birth for some of us) and partnerships with all who helped to make it happen, is proof that dreams do come true. We wish you peace. We wish you joy. We wish you kindness. We wish you ease and self-love. We wish you presence wherever you are. We wish you awareness of the growth you have made in your parenting skills, and the moment to moment connections you will make in the days, weeks, and months to come with the people you love most in your life, and compassion...
Yeah! Winter solstice has arrived! Marking the changes we are ready to accept and move forward into the new year. This arrived today via my inbox and I wanted to share with you. This is an abbreviated excerpt of "A Celebration of Winter Solstice" from The Circle of Life by Joyce Rupp and Macrina Wiederkehr. "There is a tendency to want to hurry from autumn to spring, to avoid the long dark days that winter brings. Many people do not like constant days bereft of light and months filled with colder temperatures. They struggle with the bleakness of land and the emptiness of trees. Their eyes and hearts seek color. Their spirits tire of tasting the endless gray skies. There...
Here's a link to a fun winter project for the longest night of the year! Ideal for tweens and teens, inspiring impulses to get that telescope out of the closet too! http://www.designmom.com/2012/05/diy-constellation-jar
Also, we have lots of activities here too! http://heartandmindpress.com/pages/winter-solstice-activity-downloads-pdfs-free
Winter Solstice is only a few days away. Wrapping up gifts for teachers, friends, and family, but who gets what? Gift tags! Write a little note on the back, attach with a ribbon or string, voila! Get your free download here. Best to print out on card stock or heavy weight paper.
OK, so you gotta have more than just my book about the Winter Solstice... here are some more fun and fabulous winter Solstice books to add to your family library. Go to this link to see the list and also learn about this excellent, wise and wonderful writer; Marnie and her blog Carrots are Orange (Montessori activities, outdoor learning, parenting and simple living) I think you'll love it like I do.
