If the Council of Fathers has even remotely piqued your interest, you’re probably wanting to know a bit more about the Parenting Philosophy that’s central to it all or if there is one.
Well, there are guiding principles which I break up into two categories:
Connection and Community
Growth and Learning
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Things don’t always go as planned. The fact that they sometimes do, feels like a miracle. Our kiddos had the week off after a week of trading places on the sick bed and the interruption to our flow is no joke.
Sometimes it feels great to get a break from the monotony of the weekly rhythm. Other times it feels like the weekly rhythm is a third heartbeat, one that ensures proper circulation for the energy of the family system. When it’s interrupted, it’s like the family system is having a mini-heart attack.
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I’ve been saturated with grief.
It’s been like a fog surrounding me,
not without splotches of sunlight and moments of clarity,
but always lingering
in the background.
It’s not bad
or even uncomfortable,
though I do find myself seeking to avoid it, or solve it.
But grief is more of a process than a thing.
And it ripens like a fruit, over days, not hours.
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