We are automatically in love and drawn into them. They remember so much as we remember so little.
We are excited at the very smallest things they do. We are fascinated with them when they open their eyes.
To Mom they smell so good and brand new. They only know that they are One with everything.
As they get older, we become accustomed to their every move. We risk our lives to protect them.
When they start school, we have to re-adjust. This is the point where they have to come out from under our wings and underneath someone else’s.
Have we conditioned them too much? Do they know how to act? Will they be okay?
They learn to eventually adapt and we adapt to their brilliance. So many messages come from their lips reminding us of who we are and clues as to what we need to do to make our lives better.
Some of us treat them like they are our property. Some of us have them held so tightly that they can’t be. But they chose us. That is an honor.
Their energy is all over the place to us, but their energy is in the correct place and where it should be.
They are all beautiful and a joy to watch. If we unleash the labels and let them be we can see their true light. If we don’t they will continue to push the boundaries that don’t work anymore.
They remind us to keep creating and to wake up.
Children are a blessing…!
Copyright © 2020 Allura Eshmun
Photography by Iiona Virgin