There is a miracle happening here.

Parenting is, by far, my favorite life simulation...

When I see myself in overwhelm, with a side of frustration, and a dash of “wtf”, I am standing WAY too close to the picture unfolding in front of me...

Even knowing this to my core, I am still in AWE every time I back up and see what’s happening in the totality of my life.

Try this on...

If we look at the universe through “integrative” eyes, we would see that all parts are not separate and unrelated, but inclusive and expanding on one another.

Take the mechanism of time...

Every second is included inside of a minute,

which is included inside of an hour

which is included inside of a day...

in a month...

in a season...

in a year...

and you can expand this into as many levels as we can digest with your current perspective.

I feel it’s so valuable to point out that neither the second nor the year is more important than the other...

They ALL matter. They all measure and reflect life. They are all products of perception. They are all a result of a choice. They are all inside of one another.

Parenting is no different.

Whether I am standing in the mud and mid meltdown where I witness a small shift in how much time it took him to recover, or witnessing him talk himself into being ok with someone not wanting to play with him...

EVERY moment that led to that single fraction in time... mattered...

When I widen the lens... the view is “Wow what a beautiful life. How blessed am I to have been given this opportunity to be HIS mom. How much he has grown. How much I have grown.”

And in that space... there is no room for overwhelm, because the greater picture only paints magic and miracles...

There is a miracle happening here...