its our last week of (Home)school n I am deep in the reflective maternal Waters n will Be for a while
the way Love melts Time
it has Been such an honor n privilege (n also a huge unraveling) to stay Home with Adhi this year 🧑🏽🏫 n I’ve Been pretty unreliable socially with good reason as choosing this Path was a major Death to past Selves who had much more open ended personal Time to socialize n unknot other peoples problems
n I Love it here at Home experiencing jomo on a very predictable schedule of our own
bc kindergarten is the purest chaotic goodness of education n existing as a human n it is very dear to my Heart — a very strange trip indeed
I feel like I was specifically prepared to show up in this way right at the root of things n since I Became an educator way too young n under great mentorship I never have Been able to unSee the 5 year old in everyone n it gives me access to an expansive well of compassion n patience
we got to learn how to name feelings, letters, numbers n colors, how to cut & paste, how to host n join n a video call, how to hold a pencil n write (left handed), all about seasons n plants n Life cycles, how to Be a helpful n respectful community member, how to draw a compass rose n read a map, how to do research n ask scientific questions, how to make slime n build many many things, the basics of coding n design principles, how to tell a story with a beginning / middle / end, singing n dancing n rhyming words, punctuation, addition n subtraction, patterns n shapes, making an introduction, resolving conflict, sharing (or not), personal hygiene, Body literacy, healthy eating, counting money, telling Time, making smooth transitions, emotional regulation n connection to Self, recording n releasing music, holiday rituals n traditions of the world, n so much more unspoken n experiential learning in the most magically mundane day to day
so much unSeen labor n effort n so worth it
feels like Im breaking curses
growing (re)parenting recovering n Remembering the sanctity of the first 7 years of our Lives
we can do new n challenging things n take on the projections of choosing our own way into an uncharted future
held by a multidimensional support system
for n because of our FutureSeed(s)
thank you for Teaching me
may we all get Free
in Love n gratitude,
emBodied melody 