02/01/2022

Happy New Year ❤️❤️

31/12/2021

💫I love this beautiful poem by

💫 Sending all good things your way for the new year

Anne x

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29/12/2021

🙏Here’s to a winter of walks, light and space.

Anne x

27/12/2021

This is something I wrote last year. I came upon it as I was idling my time away and thought I would reshare it.
I love the downtime between Christmas and the New Year. The sitting in pjs, reading, snoozing, watching the kids.

I hope all the rush and hustle has ebbed away and things are quieter.

Sending love and rest ###x

24/12/2021

🎄Have a lovely and - if not restful then merry Christmas 🎄

⭐️Anne x

22/12/2021

💝Do you think these ideas would work for your family? What would you keep and what would you do differently?

Anne x

19/12/2021

Everything’s shouting out ‘this is important’ but the more I look, the more I can’t work it all out. Things feel heavy in our world. The people I speak to is feel jarred and worried. It’s disorientating and yet familiar.

There are no answers. To conserve our family energy, I’m finding myself moving away from the big stories, the big worries. I took myself and the kids out yesterday. Outdoors is a great consolation. Today I’m pottering around, tidying up more. It’s comforting to repot plants and tend to the things near me. We bought more bird food. I will clean the porch

And if you were to decide what was important today, what would it be?

Anne x

15/12/2021

✨When I was a child, advent was a time for preparing ourselves. For becoming quieter and stiller. For making space. I feel I need to remind myself of this as the days buzz along in a hectic rush.

✨Left alone I find that my mind ever in judgement mode.

✨Even as I'm loving and enjoying my children - it is ever noticing...

✨Is her behaviour pleasing? Should I prompt or praise him? Should I guide….

✨William Martin in the Tao Te Ching for Parents reminds us to stand back more. To take a wider, gentler approach. Knowing that our children are bigger than any of this. That they are constantly changing and perfectly themselves.

✨And when I stop trying to change my children, when I simply support them and keep them safe, they have space and they seem to relax and become more fully themselves.

Anne x

10/12/2021

🎄It’s incredibly difficult to respond to our children effectively when we feel distracted or rushed or judged. I remember trying to convince my children to go on a long walk with friends and they were digging their heals in. The more I insisted - under my breath in a stern whisper - the more their objections escalated. It was embarrassing and not at all effective. Mistakes are great teachers!

🎄What’s your experience dealing with difficulties in front of others? What would make it more comfortable and easy for you and your family?

Anne x

06/12/2021

🎄If your family celebrates Christmas have your child asked lots of questions about the realness or otherwise of Father Christmas?

🎄Is the story of this generous ‘magical’ man one that you tell your children and try hard to keep going or have you stepped away from this?

⭐️I’d love to hear your stories and experiences….

Anne x

01/12/2021

⭐️Helping your child understand and recognise her own skills and abilities allows the quiet growth of confidence and self trust…..

Anne x

28/11/2021

How much did I enjoy putting my version of You Do You together! The original is by and I couldn’t get it out of my head.

What would you add?

🙏Wishing you a peaceful (low wind!) Sunday

Anne x

Anne Lane