Everyday Yogini

Our vacation in Oregon is just amazing.  I am stunned by how beautiful and clean and child-friendly Corvallis is.  I am so grateful to have my family in such a perfect town!  Clara is enjoying a Montessori camp, swim lessons, and plenty of time with her cousins.  I am enjoying lots of creative time working on my new venture as a coach.  In fact, as an aside, I have finished my website and you can see it at Insight Life Design. A new blog is in the works and coming soon!

But I digress. I am finding as our vacation wears on, Clara has been having more frequent melt downs when she doesn’t get her way! Being around the grandparents can do that, huh? Tonight, Clara wanted to read a book but she was being SASSY. No book, sorry. She cried and cried. I told her we could talk about it when she was done, and I would be here for her. Eventually, she calmed down and I offered a hug.

In the moment of our embrace, in which her full weight melted into my body, I was struck by her smallness, by her vulnerability, by her absolute faith in me as her Mother. By her need for my love. My heart broke open even wider for this gorgeous little being that blesses my life. This Gatha came, almost fully formed.

For Clara.

When the tears are over and done,
I vow with all beings,
To let her rest on my shoulder,
Feel the weight of her trust in me.

How do your moments of challenge turn into moments of clarity? Tell me in the comments?

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