Our Sacred Breath is a story about our FASD journey. It was at first about finding calm in the chaos of FASD – the challenges and triumphs of raising a child with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Over the years I learned that my goal cannot be “calm” until I am present and mindful.

When my mom retired, she moved in with me to help with my daughter. It reminded me of the archetype, The Maiden, The Mother, The Crone. Interspersed in the posts you will see, I am the mother, my daughter is the maiden, and my mom is the crone.

I adopted the maiden in 2006 when she was eight years old and if I thought I’d been on the ride of my life before, I was mistaken. Children from families with a history of trauma have healing to do. Raising a child with a disability that is complex and misunderstood is challenging. As my daughter and I became a family we have gone on our own journeys to forgive the past, not worry about the future so much, and learn to be present in the here and now.

I share our journey because no matter how different we all are, we are also the same. And sometimes all we need to make it through the day is to know someone out there knows what we are going through.

So take a deep breath and stay as long as you need.

The picture above is a trio of mountain peaks called The Three Sisters, near Canmore, Alberta (Canada). I call it, the mother, the maiden and the crone.

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