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Celebrating 25 years of motherhood, day 13- Nature as a healer

 Day 13, the healer In a world where being busy with extracurricular activities and organized sports is  considered a norm, my husband and I did not feel compelled to follow those.  Our children were not involved in any sports. They had dabbled at a few sports here and there, but we realized early on that sports  was not going to be our thing. I myself was never athletic and didn't see any point in hauling the twins everywhere for that sport the first born was not even interested in. I came to that conclusion after signing up the first born for soccer through our local park and rec department, I did drag everyone there three times a week for a season or two before realizing the reality.  The younger ones tried their hand at tennis for a couple of years and gave up. So much for playing any sports.    But that meant while everyone else was busy running around, our evenings and weekends were free. When they were little, I often took them to a playgro...