When all is Wild and You're Losing Your Mind

Step Back
Close your lips
Shut your eyes
Put your hand up
To your heart
Feel the pounding
Take a deep breath
Let it out slow
Capture your thoughts
Soothe their sting
Relax the reaction
And let it go
Sink down now
Lower to the ground
Draw them close
To your heart beat
Those babies your heart holds
Not so little anymore
Capture their wildness
And help them find peace
You are along side
'We are all okay'
'Mamma is here'
Regroup
Stroke back their hair
Look into their eyes
With gentleness that astounds you all
Do not be afraid
You can do all this
This monumental task.
Sometimes it chokes you
Sometimes it sets you free
Through it all though
You have learned your unendingness
In persevering through
Your ability to not let go
Your task at hand
Helping their hearts find a way through
All this wildnerness and wild
All this heartbreak and beauty
You are their compass rose
You have come so far
xo



Cool drinks of something sweet
Snack with some protein
Stretching and breathing
Quiet reading time
Snuggles with mom for sixty seconds each at least
Lots of positive talk
Turn on a story
Wrap everyone in blankets
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