Amid the everyday dramas of a walk to the bus stop, a drive to the grocery store, a trip to the zoo, how do we slow down and pay attention to the small miracles around us? We think of mindfulness as something we get to do when we escape from our kidssitting alone in an immaculate yoga studio or on a quiet retreat in some pristine location. But children dont have to be a barrier to contemplation. They can inspire a special kind of awe in the natural world and in the mundane details of lifebut only if we stop and notice. Yes, during bath time, and while we weed the garden, our kidsespecially, sometimes, our most challenging kidscan show us deep truths. And when the larger world seems to be falling apart, we must realize that our daily struggles arent separate from those events. How are we connectedto the world, to each other, and to those parts of ourselves that weve put on hold or hidden away? How can we walk alongside our children, at their pace, and let them teach us to see the world in new ways? "I wrote these poems during the year of my sons autism diagnosis. I found that I was more able to cope with each impossible day if I could find a few beautiful moments to focus on. I would take photos, while out with my children, and then after they were finally in bed Id go back and look through those photos and writedigging in to the meaning of those brief blessings. Even though I was exhausted and overwhelmed, Id spend some time dwelling in that place of beauty and abundance...

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