Connecting with our Blossoms is a lifelong pursuit of mine. We've always held that mama or daddy dates are really important. I'm realizing now that those times, in addition to the concrete of regular family time, were paramount for a foundation of trust and connection that is necessary in the latter teen years and into the young adult years.
Young adults have real adult thoughts and struggles and situations and feelings that they really don't want to share with everyone. This makes sense to me.
We may be a big, beautiful, bountiful Blossom Bunch but it's really, really important to carve out the one-on-one time to talk about anything, everything, nothing, and all the things.
Maybe it's coffee,
maybe it's a car ride,
maybe it's a Walmart run,
but it's an opportunity for one-on-one connection that says,
"I'm here, walking alongside you today."
I thought everyone could use a little glimpse of billiant indigo color today. These irises, called "Flags" by old-timers, were a very late autumn surprise last year.
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