It's been a while since I've posted.  I've been a little under the weather.  And a little too stuck in mom land.  You moms  know what I mean.

This is one of my favorite poems.  I am printing it out and hanging it on my daughter's wall.  Sometimes I don't have the words to tell her how amazing I think she is, so I'll just borrow someone else's words :) (Here she is at preschool graduation)

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.  Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.  It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.  We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?  Actually, who are you not to be?  You are a child of God.  Your playing small does not serve the world.  There is nohing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.  We are all meant to shine, as children do.  We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.  And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.  As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Marianne Williamson

Of course, it isn't really a poem, and it may be a little much for a 9 year old to grasp entirely, but I think she'll get the important parts.