Have you felt untethered lately? Like the winds of the day are pushing you this way and that? I have. My mind feels it. 🫣My heart feels it. 😢My body feels it. 😤So much so that I have come down with my first case of Covid. These things that are happening are happening to us. Liam could very easily have been my student. He is everyone’s student. He must be so that we truly understand what is happening. No child should be torn apart from what he knows as love and security. I mean that is basic Maslow.

But beyond this is the true message and that is of tending to your inner child. Tend to your own inner child as you would have wanted Liam attended to.

This can sometimes take the form of bringing more “play” into your life. I’m all for that. But at this time, I think what is needed is wrapping ourselves up in our own bunny hats and finding lots of spaces and places for soothing the nervous system. Find, or rediscover, your own comfort rituals such as a warm bath, a foot soak, and meditating by candlelight. Write a letter to your inner child with the perspective of soothing and caring.

This focus may seem a little selfish rather than selfless. However, we cannot be there for others if we are not first there for the self. Putting myself forth as a strong,  nurtured individual will allow me to decipher and filter the images from social media, news sources, and “chatter. Those can easily overwhelm and unhinge if we have not tended to ourself and set our boundaries. I can then choose how I want to stand for the bunny hat wearing children and conscientious, caring adults that have stepped into the forefront.