A crisis is a change where we don’t have any idea what the outcome will be. The past is not any longer accessible and the future is unknown. It is going to be different, but there is no road map. Being nine is a time of crisis. The child is no longer cocooned in the…
Category: Family
Heart Wisdom
We are all being drip fed a very pernicious poison: “Vulnerable categories,”———–“Social distancing,”————-“Lock down”……….. “We are a danger to each other,”————“We are in danger ourselves.” The whole idea of washing our hands tells us we are unclean……….. Now my rational adult mind can cope with all of this. I understand the situation we are in…
Stepping over the threshold
There is a special moment at every threshold, the moment when neither the place you are leaving nor the place you will arrive have a hold on you. Take a breath there, in that limbic place before you cross the threshold. Sometimes we are precipitated into new landscapes by tragedy or joy. Bereavement and falling…
In Celebration of Motherhood.
It is Mothers Day. What? One day to celebrate the whole amazing phenomenon of motherhood? You’ve got to be joking! Mothering goes on every day, all day and often for most of the night. It’s not my intention to ignore the contribution of fathers in the upbringing of children. I have the utmost admiration for…