My story is mine. My daughters’ stories are theirs.
I have the right to write about mine. I know I don’t have the right to write about theirs.
And parenting…. Parenting happens in between.
My writing journey was and still is a journey of healing. Sometimes, when inspiration washes over me, it is also a journey of creation—working with the words and the sentences to deliver (hopefully) a clear and inspiring message. Writing not for myself, but to share a piece of wisdom that wished to come through me.
… To (hopefully) meet another mom, parent, or other person in their hearts. Having both of us know that our journeys dance to the same rhythms.
This week someone asked me what I do. For a moment, I thought about what my answer should be, and then I started with being a full-time homeschooling mom. Only after being a mom, I also do many things, including being an author, teacher, and one whose greatest joy comes from short sacred writing moments.
I would not be able to be a full-time homeschooling mother if I did not have additional such as writing, to feed my soul, and nourish me.
In between it all, the most important subject I feel I should be writing about is parenting. Offering (hopefully) an additional way to look at one’s role as a parent. A way that stems from the combination of my learnings from an NDE, my energy and shamanic path, to some understandings about the non-religious spiritual nature of parenting.
Parenting happens in between.
The silent message I received growing up was that other than religion, spirituality is separated from life, from parenting. In our global culture, it runs the gamut from retreats to becoming a nun to practicing meditation when your kids are at school.
Can we combine these elements? Can parenting be a spiritual path in itself?
Writing about parenting, I constantly ask: Can I share this example? Will my daughters not like it as they grow up? And what if, at some point, their friends read it and realize that it offers some information about them? What do I have the right to show or tell?
I try to share things about myself. What I feel, experience, and think. What challenges me? What offers me opportunities to grow? Yet, whatever happens to me also happens to them. My growth is theirs, and much of their growth is mine.
Writing about parenting is challenging. A dance between sharing important moments that my heart tells me others need to read and that I would love to read in others’ words, and having everything go through a carefully considered filter. Making sure I tell only my story. Respecting that their story is always only theirs to tell.
It’s tricky to write about one’s parenting. Yet, parenting is also the most rewarding journey for growth, and sharing our insights enriches us all – learn more about The Promise We Made: Three Universal Soul Promises We Made to Our Children – Near Death Experience and The Parenting Teachings it Invites.
