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Gifts for Waylon: The Space to go Inside

21 Sunday Dec 2014

Posted by Kate Spring in Family

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christmas, family, life, nature, Solstice, traditions, winter, Winter Solstice

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The weeks leading to solstice and Christmas pull me in two directions.  The shortening days and lengthening nights ask me to slow down, to quiet myself, to rest and reflect and snuggle in with my family around the wood stove.  The holiday parties and family gatherings and gift-giving ask me to pile on extra outings, to break our rhythm and stay out late, to drive north and south and be merry.

And I do love these gathering times, eating good food with people I love.  And I do love the quiet darkness, the nights we have no obligations and stay home on the farm.

As we create our own traditions, though, this is what I want to give Waylon:

Candles on Solstice, homemade truffles, and poems to celebrate each other and the world.

I want to give him the space to go inside himself when he needs it, when the darkness invites him into long nights and gives him stars to find his way.

 

 

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Celebrating Solstice

22 Sunday Dec 2013

Posted by Kate Spring in Seasons

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change, life, Solstice, spirituality, winter

Winter Solstice has passed, and with another rotation of the earth, we are headed toward light again.  We celebrated last night with a bonfire: flames reaching up into the drizzling sky, sparks dancing in the air among hemlocks and spruce.  We each lit candles with an intention for the new year of growing light, and as I struck the match and brought flame to wick, I took a breath and thought balance.

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May I balance all the parts of my life and move with clarity through each day

May I take a deeper breath with each moment of light that returns

May I live from the center of my being, where energy grows out of stillness

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