My Connections to Play

Spending time at a small stream is delightful with so many things to explore around me. I would spend my time throwing small pebbles into the water to see the splashes that it would make. The  flowers around me smell so good I would almost enhale the whole stem. Lying in the grass around the stream is one of my favorite past times. I like to look up in the sky and count the clouds while the sun is gleaming in my eyes. Sometimes I imagine the shapes of the clouds and pretend to touch them. My mind wonders about how the the sun and the clouds are so far in the sky. Often there has been times when I take my favorite toys and coloring books to the stream and lie on my blanket and spend my day creating various pictures from the ones I have colored. My mom comes to get me from the stream when it's time to eat lunch or when it's getting late and I have to come in for the evening. I have so much fun when I'm at my special place at the stream.

Relationship Reflection

Having a strong bond with someone whether it be a family member, friend or significant other is important to who we are mentally and physically. It's about having that person you connect with on such a greater level opposed to a typical coworker or neighbor. The people I have in my life that I feel that  unbreakable bond with are my best friend of over 20 years, my sister and two cousins and my aunt who passed two years ago. These people are imperative to my life because they keep me grounded and I can discuss anything with them without the worries of how will they digest the information I have just given them or fear that they will reject me in any way. I trust them wholeheartedly and try reciprocate that trusting bond with them. These relationships grew over the years and throughout it all managed to be unbreakable. Friends come in and out of our lives for different reasons and seasons, however bonded relationships are there to weather the storms and enjoy the rainbows at the end.


When I loss my aunt, it was like losing my mother. She was always there for me and we were like best friends. She was there when I delivered my son. She taught me how to be the woman I am today. I appreciated her wisdom and support throughout the years. The strangest thing was how the same connection we had , she had similar relationships with the majority of the family. She was the glue which held the family together. I loved her so because when my own mother relinquished her responsibilities as a mother, my aunt gave me what I needed to feel whole. I will always love her for that


My children are within that bond as well, but their existence brings me a much greater joy. I am the mother of three beautiful children a son who will son be 17 and two daughters ages 9 and 5. They are my world and are the reason why I breathe.  The love that they give me is unconditional, and they look for me to give them guidance. I try to be that positive role model for them because I know they are watching me at all times. Their mere existences is what gives me the drive to push forward in all my endeavors.

By having such a strong relationship with close friends and family is important to have outside of the early childhood profession because it's that extra key we need to feel whole. There is nothing greater to know that you have a support system in place when things go right or wrong. It's a sense of fulfillment in order to be complete mentally and physically. Without it how can we teach children to build healthy relationships with their peers if we are lacking the concept of what a healthy relationship is.