Day: July 23, 2018
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Écoutez le silence
Il est 5:30 du matin à l’île Poovar petit morceau de terre perdu au milieu de la mer et les rivières de kovalam à kerala… je suis assise sur mon tapis de yoga et je laisse la douce brise du matin me bercer tant la nuit à été chaude… et j’écoute je ne fais rien d’ autre , j’écoute. les yeux fermés, j’ecoute le silence… le silence de l’immensité… le silence de la mer! J’écoute la rivière qui me murmure ses secrets, ses songes, elle me raconte ses matins avant le levé du soleil … j’ecoute et plus Loin le chant de l’azaan , la voix cristaline du muezzin m offre un doux mélange avec cette autre voix, cette vibration vocale venue d’une âme pleine de dévotion. Cette voix féminine chante les louanges de la nature, les mantras Hindus et l’apel à la prière des musulmans rythmes par le cris des grillons, des crapaux et des oiseaux me bercent, m’enivrent…. ahhhh soudain des profondeurs de la terre se dégage tout doucement une autre vibration à peine perceptible Encore des chants, des sons des vibrations…tout invite au silence en moi… tout invite au calme, à la serenite.. à la réflection…
MOMMY PLANTED OUR CAT
” Where is Pitu, Mommy ? ” …. Pitu was very old and sick, he was also very tired and went to take a very, very long nap, u know like a cat nap …, I explained to my son.
Except this time it’s a forever nap!
So today we will say goodbye to him and bury him with rose petals and then we will plant flowers on top of him so we will always see him everyday when we walk by Milans window . He will never be forgotten but instead we will now enjoy him in the form of flowers…
Zalen, ” Mommy, are the flowers going to meow ?” How sweet and innocent.
My son is five and my daughter is two and half. They both understood that our beloved cat was no longer physically around and that our family had just lost a very dear and important member.
It was interesting to watch the difference in their reactions due to their emotional maturity level : my son was very emotional when saying goodbye , while my daughter was more interested in repeating what I was trying to explain.
Up until losing our cat, my kids only experience of loss was losing a toy! This has been a rather big life lesson and although I’m no expert on how to handle death with kids, I do believe we explained it in its simplest form…. ” we are returning Pitu back to the earth ”
OH BOY! OH GIRL!!
Where did the time go , she was just a baby” …. ” Enjoy every minute, they grow up so fast” … ” My baby is all grown up “..said every single parent ever!
It starts when you are about three months pregnant, strangers aka parents just can’t help themselves from engaging in baby bump banter at the sight of your protruding tummy. The remaining six months will sound like this …” How far along ?”…” It’s a boy isn’t it, I can tell by the way you are carrying “…”oh its a girl for sure, I can tell by the way you are carrying…” You have that pregnancy glow ” (meanwhile it’s sweat because you are carrying a mini human inside of you 24/7!…and my favorite, ” pregnancy suits you ” …as if it’s like this Summers’ latest trend off a Cavali runway.
The reason I chose this topic was because as I was grocery shopping with my two kids today, I noticed a pregnant lady and I was just about to say to her
” you must be carrying a little boy!”
I am one one of them now……
#stranger #parent
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