Glimmers Again

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In coaching forum

we talked about finding glimmers

and we each created a little light of mine

to let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

How much trauma can we each absorb, and still let it shine?

The fears of ICE.

The crushing pain of stalled SNAP benefits.
The threat of Head Start funding losses.

The stress that beautiful babies, toddlers and preschoolers and their caring adults

carry into the classroom

carry in their backpacks

carry in their hearts bodies voices... 

and because we are a safe place for release, it is released.

I am grateful to be a guest in this place of light, 

where we

aspire to values of justice

speak of problems and speak of solutions

find hope in children and in each other.

Where we absorb trauma and pain and stress and fear

And reflect back light and love, light and love.

Let it shine.