Being accountable for our time . . .

 ". . .a strange burden of proof has been imposed upon our backs, a burden to account for our hours and days, to prove to all who care to watch from their screens that we are doing something worthy with our time.  In the meantime, have we forgotten how to be content in being present?"
- Rebecca Parker Payne, Kinfolk magazine

Noticing our shadows . . .

Working with these little people, I cannot help but be completely present in just about every moment.  Their verbal skills have just barely caught up to their keen and fresh observation skills.  It's like they have been seeing and looking and observing since emerging from the womb and suddenly they are able to ask, describe and imagine out loud.  And I am privleged to be able to be present for these great moments.

Remember to look up sometimes . . .

And remember to look down . . .
This is the ancient sidewalk of Central Park, New York City.
Below, our feet in the sand, La Jolla, California.




A valuable gift of life that I seemed to have grown up knowing, by being allowed to play within an unscheduled, unplanned environment:  Never disturb a child who has found something to do on their own (safely, of course), like building with blocks, drawing a picture, playing house, or making something in the sand.