What I’m Learning From My Three Year Old Grandson About Learning to Walk Again

Have you ever watched a child attempting to walk? It begins slowly. It begins way before walking is possible. It begins with sitting.

Core muscles need to be in place – the abdomen muscles – the ole’ six-pack – is needed to stand. And, we can go back even further – walking requires the strength to hold up one’s head. A developmental task for the 1-2 month old. All needed developmentally before learning to walk.

Life is like that. It must be built upon. It is not a one step deal. It is one small step – then, another – then, another.

Learning to walk requires many baby steps. The last step is the legs which gain strength and balance. The strength to stand. [Read more…]

Four Things I’m Learning about Myself in My Here & Now Spaces

I feel like I’m in a middle season of life and it hasn’t been what I’d expected.

I would have guessed this season would be like a quiet, still pond and I’d see myself clearly as I stared into the water’s reflections. Instead, I’ve felt like I am standing barefoot at the water’s edge with a rugged tide rolling in, causing the sand to shift and pull out from underneath me. Not. What. I. Expected.

C.S. Lewis say it best for me….‘Courage, dear heart’.

Learning requires great frustration. So, I guess I’m frustrated. Or learning. Or, just confused. [Read more…]

What Do You Long for More of?

‘More‘. What Do You Long for More of?

I’m a happy – well, correction – I’m an ecstatic grandmother of two. When you become a grandmother you find yourself not only with a new role, but, also needing a new name.

Will you be ‘nana’, ‘grammy’, ‘grandma’, ‘mimi’, or ‘gran’?

I never thought about requiring a new name until sitting with my grandson in my lap, and wanting to call myself something to alert him to my special role in his life. My relationship needed naming and I wanted it to be good. [Read more…]

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