last child in the woods

so i just started this book yesterday

and am loving it...

it's reaffirming of wanting my future children

to play outside

to wonder

to love cardboard boxes

to dig

to imagine

to pretend

to explore open places

to have a refuge

and see beauty in nature

one quote from a fifth grade girl in the book...

"When I'm in the woods, I feel like I'm in my mother's shoes."

she goes on to say:

"It's so peaceful out there and the air smells good. I mean, it's polluted, but not as much as the city air. For me, it's completely different there. It's like you're free when you go out there. It's your own time. Sometimes I go there when I'm mad - and then, just with the peacefulness, I'm better. I can come back home happy and my mom doesn't even know why."

more quotes to come...

no wonder i felt like i should leave the song,

"Pave paradise, put up a parking lot," when the cattail area

near my house got developed.

it was the place of memories

of tadpole catching,

snake catching,

an exploratory place

of wonder

and bliss.

i think adults, youth and kids need

time in nature

it's peaceful,

healing,

quiet,

beautiful...

the list goes on.

and my thoughts and ponderings

will continue...

be ready.