Wisdom of an 8 year old

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Yesterday during my run with Ariana, neither of us felt like going on much longer, yet we've only just started. We walked a bit, then ran again, but felt tired, and having to keep social distance from others being outside felt a bit overwhelming.
But eventually we got into a rhythm and the loveliest big girl of mine said: 'You know Mummy, it's sort of like Dumbledore says - you can always find strength even when you’re week. But he says that you can always find light even in the darkest of times'. OMG!!!!!!!! I was speechless and my heart burst out with love, pride, sadness. I was able to tell her how amazing her words were and how much truth is in them. I wanted to tell her that it's all going to be ok, but I could speak no more. Just decided to swallow all the tears and keep running.

We ran in the sunshine, away from it all, just the two of us and felt really nice.
On the way back we did a little detour to see the lovely hyacinth display that is not going to be open to visitors this year. We stopped for a minute and took a photo and just enjoyed the smell and the sight. For a second I imagined the field was ful of people enjoying them and talking to Mr Shipp who would proudly give details about his work and the source of each type of the flowers, just like every year.

Yes, we can find light even in the darkest of times. We sure can! And we've got to, otherwise we sink too deep. Now, why am I even remotely trying to teach Ariana anything? I guess she's got it all figured out.



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Dan said…
Lovely! Just lovely! 😘
25 March 2020 at 20:21
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