Today went totally different than I had envisioned it last night when I went to bed. Shows me again, how things can change and how I am not in control of how my day goes. Best thing was that it was fun, and a JOY. THAT is what I hadn't expected. But it was today's gift to me.
It turned in to an adventure, teaching, experiencing a new perspective, and being pushed into going with the flow of being in the moment.
All because of a little girl.
I am an "adopted" grandmother to a 2 year old girl. Her real grandmother lives across the ocean, and her other grandmother has passed. So I was chosen. We don't see each other daily, or even weekly. But when we are together, it is a brilliant lesson to me, to be mindful, and fully in the moment. Her world is so simple, direct and NOW. No agendas, or prejudices and no insecurities . Pure, and full of curiosity and openness.
As the day progressed, it was a challenge to place myself into her world, and what she was trying to tell me, or ask me. She is just learning to talk, and my skills as a baby interpreter are a bit rusty. Her mother wasn't here to "translate" her language. But in the end, we managed to communicate.
After a day of dog walking, chopping vegetables and making soup, colouring, chasing the cats, bouncing on beds, twirling around in swivel chairs, and exploring the house, she crashed and slept the sleep of the innocent, and well loved. Watching her so happy awake, and content as she slept, made me joyful and grateful to be a part of her day, and her world.
Yes, a huge bubble of joy and happiness today.
A real " Thanksgiving Day " for me.
It turned in to an adventure, teaching, experiencing a new perspective, and being pushed into going with the flow of being in the moment.
All because of a little girl.
I am an "adopted" grandmother to a 2 year old girl. Her real grandmother lives across the ocean, and her other grandmother has passed. So I was chosen. We don't see each other daily, or even weekly. But when we are together, it is a brilliant lesson to me, to be mindful, and fully in the moment. Her world is so simple, direct and NOW. No agendas, or prejudices and no insecurities . Pure, and full of curiosity and openness.
As the day progressed, it was a challenge to place myself into her world, and what she was trying to tell me, or ask me. She is just learning to talk, and my skills as a baby interpreter are a bit rusty. Her mother wasn't here to "translate" her language. But in the end, we managed to communicate.
After a day of dog walking, chopping vegetables and making soup, colouring, chasing the cats, bouncing on beds, twirling around in swivel chairs, and exploring the house, she crashed and slept the sleep of the innocent, and well loved. Watching her so happy awake, and content as she slept, made me joyful and grateful to be a part of her day, and her world.
Yes, a huge bubble of joy and happiness today.
A real " Thanksgiving Day " for me.
it's amazing how children remind us of what's truly important.
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