Carrying Her Heart in Her Eggs
Spirit always feels hope. Where we see fear and concern, Spirit is determined and sees opportunity, not barriers. And because of this sense of Spirit, I have begun to hold a “Sacred 5 minutes” with each of my stepchildren per day.
The last line can be read literally. I find each of my stepchildren in a private time. I say to them “Want to do a sacred 5 minutes? We can just sit with each other. We don’t even have to talk”
I thought I would be met with resistance from them with this idea. So much so, that I bring my phone along and tell them I am setting the timer for 5 minutes. I feared that they would think they would be stuck in some long conversation.
Want to know what has actually happened? When I ask them “Want to do a sacred 5 minutes?”, they always stop what they are doing and say “Sure”. When the timer on my phone goes off, invariably they and I ignore it, continuing on with our conversation or my stepdaughter’s piano playing for me or my stepson’s reenactment of his favorite movie feature and so on.
I am not sure we have covered the most life-changing of topics. Yet, when I look back, I see how much we have shared in some ways.
It may seem funny and I wonder what can 5 minutes really do? But I do it.
Spirit, if anything, is an opportunist. And perhaps all it needs is 5 minutes to change my and my stepchildren’s lives.
5 minutes per day- perhaps that is all that Spirit needs.
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so cool!
I really love that idea! Just passed it along to my husband too! 🙂
Moved me to tears! I always struggle thinking that I’m not spending “quality” time with Mr. T, and I loved that you shared this as it will help me with my relationships.
Oh gosh, I read your blog and quality care of Mr. T is apparent all over it!! You are such blessings to one another. 🙂
Thank you for saying so! I work hard at it and he helps me stay in the moment! Have a great Sunday!
Amazing initiative….Thank you for sharing…
How lovely… We used to make a point having special family time around the dinner table each evening, enjoying the food and sharing with each other what needed to be said… we used to call it the magic round table where everything could be said with no judgement… Barbara
I love the idea of “magic” – we need more of that in our relationships!
These kids are some day going to thank you. 🙂
Oh, i so hope… some days it does not feel like that 🙂
Beautiful…you wonder what 5 minutes can do? SO MUCH! They feel SEEN and HEARD and at their age that is so important (heck at any age, we all want to be seen and heard!). As I’ve said before, they are so fortunate to have you in their lives! Totally!