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Take a deep breath, pause, assess, and then respond to the situation or challenge.  It is difficult to be “on” and sometime respond the way we would like to when we are overwhelmed and caught off guard.  It is a moment-by-moment decision making challenge when you are a parent.  You are never going to be fully prepared for some of the things that can pop up when you least expect it.  Not only do you have to handle a situation, at the same time you have to be present, calm, and collected, so that your child-children feel safe and secure.  They will need us to be in our position of authority and competence to handle any chaotic or upsetting situation or event that might come into play.  This of course can be a real balancing act and call us out to be the grounding cord for our children.  It comes with the “Job”, this responsibility to be a confident and capable parent.  Sometimes I feel like I have a cloak on, and I am a superhero saving my child from the chaos and confusion of this upside down, inside out crazy world. 

I cannot imagine how parents living in war torn countries deal with violence, death, hunger, and loss of their homes as well as any normalcy in their life experiences.  How do you comfort children under those circumstances?  How do you plan for their future when you don’t know if they will live the next day?  We as parents love our children so deeply and compassionately, that anything or anyone that causes them to be anxious or frightened stirs something inside of us that cannot be explained!  It is a call to action!  It puts us in an out of body status of being. We rise up to meet any challenge at a moment’s notice. Sometimes an intuitive feeling that comes over us that tells us “Our children need us”!  There is a very unique spiritual connection between parents and their children that when tapped into is a vibrational communication medium.  It actually works both ways I might add. 

Children are very sensitive to what is going on with their parents even if they cannot articulate what it is they know when there is something troubling them.  I love this “Love Connection”!  I use it even now that my daughter is a grown woman.  We can be in the same room or miles-sometimes as much as hundreds of miles apart, and we communicate through this “vibrational love communication medium”!  Parents have to make sure that they take care of themselves as a routine so that they are able to take care of their most precious gift-“their children”!  I hold prayer for all the parents throughout the world that are navigating parenting in today’s society.  Hold on!  Take care! Deep breaths!  Meditation in your sacred space.  Go slowly when you can and be methodical and intentional about your response to situations and challenges.  It is not the situation that marks our ability to handle things, but how we respond to the challenges of life.