What A Family Hike Taught Me About Compassion
This hike was not about proving what I could do, it was meant to show me what I can be. And modeling that for my girls. I can be gentle and compassionate with myself when I’m having a hard time.
A Stranger’s Compassion Meant the World to One Mom: “There, There Now”
I ran around in circles until I spied an unsuspecting elderly woman basking in the sun. As I approached her, my sobs began anew and I tried to confess what had just transpired: I had nearly killed my baby! This kind stranger hugged me and patted me on the back whispering the universal words of comfort, “There, there, now.”