I have thoroughly enjoyed my first phase of study of “Education of
the Heart.” The first phase has been an emphasis on mothers, to
help feel our worth and value as a mother (and grandmother). I
truly believe that no one is qualified to do the work you are
called to do as the mother to the children our loving Father sent
to you. This first phase also includes an introduction to the
ongoing study of the basics of heart-based education. Some of the
changes I have personally made, since beginning this journey, is
adding some classical music stations to my Pandora. Classical
music touches our hearts and lifts our spirits – not all of it, of
course, but much of it does. I invite you to try some on for size.
Here is one of my favorites for liveliness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEeag0Lzm7k and here is one of my
favorites for peace. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgpJVI3tDbY The
other thing I have enjoyed is watching short clips on mothers.
https://vimeo.com/76834417 Lastly, I just finished reading “Mother
Carey’s Chickens”, a delightful book by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin (author of
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm) A quote from the book - "By and
by there came along a flock of petrels, who are Mother Carey's own
chickens.... They flitted along like a flock of swallows,
hopping and skipping from wave to wave, lifting their little feet
behind them so daintily that Tom fell in love with them at once."
definition of petrels - any of various widespread small dark petrels (family Hydrobatidae)
that typically return to land only to nest usually in burrows —also called
Mother Carey's chicken.
http://blogs.tallahassee.com/community/2016/05/03/storm-petrels-a-life-at-sea/
This is not a book about chickens or petrels in the literal sense, it is a book about a mother who, not only nurtures
her own children, but reaches out to others as well. She is widowed early on in the book and faces her challenges
with courage and fortitude and a great deal of love.
Ezra and Maddie loving their chicken
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