My inner child….

I am in my mid 60’s. I am, for all intents and purposes, a pretty stable and happy person. However, I have been doing some internal work on myself and have discovered some core characteristics of my “Child'“ that I have let get buried under the weight of life as a wife, mother, daughter, employee, friend, grandmother and all the other roles I have held in my adult life.

It’s precisely that I am in my mid 60’s that I want to invite my Nature/Animal Child back to the table. I don’t have any reason not to engage this archetype that I was born with to take her rightful place front and center in my life again. There was a time when I was taking care of 4 rabbits, gerbils, riding horses, collecting fish, begging my parents for a dog or a monkey, and dreaming about living on a farm.

It’s been 6 years since my beloved Maltipoo, Gracie died at age 12. My daughter is constantly after me to get another dog. But I don’t want to be tied down with a dog. I have 2 grand dogs that I can get my dog fix from.

I am going to start small and buy a couple of fish. Put them in my art studio and see what happens. That feels right.

My mantra for 2023 is “keep it simple” in all aspects of my life. So..…what could be more simple than a couple of beautiful fish?

I am excited to re-engage my inner nature/animal child this way and I know it is just the beginning of beautiful new chapter.