Last night during Earth Hour we got home from a dinner just in time to turn out all the lights and illuminate the house with candles for bedtime reading. It reminded me how strong the shadows are when you use candles and how I was actually quite afraid of the dark when I was little. The boys have gotten this from me as they seemed a bit nervous with the darkness in the house. But we all huddled close together for our chapter from Edward Tulane and we got to the chapter where Edward become Susanna and it seemed to bring humor to the darkness. I am really intrigued by the character development of Edward- what an interesting rabbit.
I fell asleep for the remaining of Earth Hour but my hubby said it best, he thought it sent a good message to the worlds leaders about energy consumption, but it really had its most effect as a subtle reminder to us as the worlds people to just turn our lights off more often.
I awoke from a lovely long nights sleep to a call from a friend in labor and was able to light one more candle this morning. A tradition of blessingways is that candles can be lite by women in attendance to continue support for the mama. In joy I lite the candle this morning next to a sculpture I made a few years ago along with my healing bracelet from my first birth. As she rides in the mystery of birth today it reminds me of the those powerful common roots of becoming a mama . . .
