09/23/2024
Bought my kids a butterfly raising kit so they could see how fascinating birth can be. Well there was one butterfly that only had one small wing and my daughter wanted to care for it because it was handicapped and smaller than the rest. Sadly it didn’t make it long and she was devastated. As a parent we feel what our kids feel and I promised to find a way for Hope ( that’s the name she gave it because she believed she could make a difference she believed it had hope) to be a presence even if it was not physically alive. So I made this with whatever I could find around the house and when I showed her the mess of a Shrine i made for her I was nervous that I failed by not making it prettier. I was flushed with emotion when I saw that beautiful smile and look of complete peace on her face I was reminded that all my anxiety and nervousness was not over not making it pretty it was wanting my daughter to be happy and at peace. It’s the little things that make the biggest impacts sometimes. Peace is an underrated emotion but really has the biggest impact on people of all ages.
