- To help them feel connected to Nature and Mother Earth, and properly appreciate and value them.
- To help improve powers of observation (for all of us!)
- To make, improve, and strengthen our connection to the earth where we live.
- To get us outside of the house for fun on a regular basis. (Not that we need much help with that, but sometimes in the cooler weather we sure do!)
- To provide something else for inspiration and other learning opportunities.
- To help us realize and fully understand that we are only a small part of life on this planet, and we need to care for all of it, not just us or humans.
Boy, do I sound like a crunchy earth momma! Yea, I guess in many ways I am. I have always been an outdoor lover. I remember choosing Grand Valley (my college) because of its rural setting and small campus. (Ha, not any longer, well it might be rural-ish still, but small it is not!) Anyway, I have not missed the irony that this now probably lifetime city dweller (not by 100% choice, rather because my dear lovely husband is not a true country dwelling dude. Although I am sure some of that could be easily changed ....) has to *create* "organic" moments for my family in order to help them have some of the self-defining experiences that I had in my youth.
Talk about a statement full of contradictions! There is a literary term for that, but I can't remember it now - too much brain-fry from my nature study! (har!) Oh wait - paradox. Hey, I still have some brain left in me!!
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