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This time of year gets so hectic, and a lot of it is VERY FUN hecticness. The gingerbread house! \u00a0Decorating cookies! \u00a0Decorating the tree! \u00a0The Christmas stockings!<\/p>\n
And in families like mine, which draw upon our two ancestral faiths, only last week it was Chanukah! \u00a0Dreidel! \u00a0Menorah!<\/p>\n
Whew.<\/p>\n
With so much excitement and planning, it\u2019s not always easy to keep our center\u2026 \u00a0So it bears remembering…<\/p>\n
The most precious gift you can give your child this holiday season is your own loving presence.<\/strong><\/p>\n As Kim John Payne says in Simplicity Parenting, \u201cwith your time and attention you give love. \u00a0Simple.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n We do it in so many ways. \u00a0In the late night medicine for the teething. \u00a0In that meal we somehow manage to prepare amidst the thousand other things we do in a day. \u00a0It\u2019s in our care of the home, as best we manage it. \u00a0Perfectly imperfect.<\/p>\n Whatever it is, it is enough.<\/strong><\/p>\n So my deepest wish for you this holiday season, and into the new year is this – that you feel and trust in that enough-ness.<\/strong><\/p>\n May you experience ever deepening presence with the ones you love.<\/p>\n And most of all, with yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n You. \u00a0You seen in the light of your own loving kindness. \u00a0You, seen through the same loving eyes that you reserve for your children, in those moments when loving is easy.<\/p>\n And I want to say one more thing\u2026 Thank you for your presence in my life<\/strong>. \u00a0In friendship, in kinship, in community. \u00a0Each of you has enriched me so much. \u00a0I love learning from you and alongside you. \u00a0And I look forward to another wonderful year of music and community with you.<\/p>\n Happy Holidays from Meadowlark Music Class!<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=”Code”]<iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/djDwRq4uWlM” frameborder=”0″ gesture=”media” allow=”encrypted-media” allowfullscreen><\/iframe>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” text_font_size=”16″ text_line_height=”1.9em” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” custom_padding=”|15%||15%”] This time of year gets so hectic, and a lot of it is VERY FUN hecticness. The gingerbread house! \u00a0Decorating cookies! \u00a0Decorating the tree! \u00a0The Christmas stockings! And in families like mine, which draw upon our two ancestral faiths, only last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[3,7,9,4,5,11],"tags":[26,92,62,66,98,83,80],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t