It is time to review the past year and look forward. Put a wishlist together of resolutions. It’s okay if you can’t meet all of them! It still brightens your heart to think about the way things could be.
- Pray daily
- Eat mostly vegetables and fruits
- Move/Exercise: Run, Walk, Stretch, Dance party with kids
- Have compassion for other and self
- 5 to 1 ratio for saying 5 kind/thankful things to spouse and children for every 1 task or critique
- Connect with positive reading/learning
- Smile at neighbors
- Accept the things you cannot change
- Be honest about what you can and cannot help out with
- Keep an open heart
I was thinking about this time, at the job I had two years ago. I remember looking over at a co-worker and saying, “Why do kids who are traumatized want to watch horror movies?”
My co-worker looked up from her computer and said, “Well, I guess it might feel nice to have a scary experience that they have the power to switch off.”
I miss being at a place of work. Working from home has its positives, like yesterday when a winter storm rolled in and I knew I wouldn’t need to worry about driving in it. I still can do to the office when I need some quiet. It’s like being at a closed amusement park. Looking around, I can almost see the waiting area full and smell minty tea. One kid I still work with over telehealth have said how they miss still with their parents and reading Highlights magazine while they waited for appointments. There are also families that would go out to eat on their way to or from an appointment. Many times, I’ve wondered which of those uncounted pieces of the puzzle add up to a child feeling better.
Anyway. Here’s to wondering, here’s to doing our best, here’s to taking time to think about what’s working well in this world and what we’ll keep striving to change!
Hugs!
Terra Rose
Life Without Montages 