Memorial Day Weekend in photos

Dreaming

What do babies dream
when they are fast asleep
when eyelids are aflutter
and a smile rounds their cheeks
Do they close their hands round secrets
known before their birth
before the angels touched their lips
and left them things to learn
Do they see their mother’s faces
feel a parent’s touch
sense a world of wonder
as they wiggle, stretch, wake up
What thoughts do mothers nurture
when their babies are asleep
courage to lead, strength to make
this earthly realm a holy place
By Beverly Peck

Community

Our sakurabloom group decided to do a monthly blogging challenge, which sounds awesome because I have an excuse and purpose to blog! The topic for May is "community". At first I thought I wouldn't really have anything to write about because I am the most introverted person ever. For a few years I was in a community group with my church but recently I switched churses and keep finding myself wanting to hide in my "shell"...aka my home. I personally don't like groups of people, they intimidate me. I am shy and weird around people! People will disagree a lot of the time when I say that, but I at least FEEL weird...I usually can't wait until I can get away from a group. 

I find that my community is online, I love love love the community from the sakurabloom group and my other Instagram mom friends. I love that I actually have things in common that I can talk about. A lot of my family values are the same as other mothers in the group. For example, I co sleep with my daughter who's 8 months. If I talk about co sleeping with most people, I know I will get negative or judgmental comments. It's like a breath of fresh air knowing I won't be judged for things like attachment parenting with my mom friends that's I've made these last several months.

I also love my tiny community with the few friends in person that I have. I have a super nice friend from my church that is so helpful and has the same values as me. When Paisley and I were sick she came over and held Paisley so I could shower the puke off of me...that's a friend!

I know that community is important for humans in general. There are so many good things about it! So I guess in a nutshell community for me is family time if that counts, Internet friends and single person interactions haha! It works for me :) what does community look like in your life? 

 

Protect your children!

So many children are being sexually abused right now at this very moment! I get furious when I think about it!!! I hate that I have friends and family who have been sexually abused, I hate that there are pedophiles searching the internet looking for children right now, I hate that their living in our neighborhoods, I hate that we walk among them without knowing it, I hate that I feel so helpless and all I want to do is save all of the kids! A 22 year old man in my state was just arrested for having over 200 photos and videos of children and infants being sexually abused on his computer! NOTHING makes me more angry that that kind of stuff!! Pedophiles are everywhere and parents need to wake up. It could be your pastor,  brother, neighbor, stranger, teacher, or even husband in some cases! There is a blog I subscribe to that EVERYONE needs to read and follow with her email subscription. She was married to a practicing pedophile for 40 years without knowing what he was doing. He is in jail now and she gives tips and stories from her past that should have been a red flag. We all need to protect our kids and trust our gut! Here is the blog: http://www.findingahealingplace.com