Buddha’s Stories
March 12, 2015 at 9:58 am | Posted in Grief | 1 CommentI know that dark days are a part of life. I know I have survived them before but recently I have forgotten how exactly I managed to get through some of those days. So, I looked back to a March 4 years ago and reread this Buddha story. It helped me then so I am hoping it will help me now.
I have been having trouble writing. In fact, I have had trouble concentrating on anything at all. I know this is partly because I cannot seem to get the twins back on a normal schedule. I do not know if they are off because we have been away, daylight savings time or a stomach bug. Regardless of the reason, there have been some bumpy days (and nights) at our house.
In one of my attempts to avoid the meltdowns of 2 cranky 3 year olds I grabbed a book. It turned out to be the Kindness A Treasury of Buddhist Wisdom for Children and Parents by Sarah Conover. We were sent many books after Jake and then after Sawyer died. At the time I could not read most of those books. However, the other afternoon I found myself reading these short stories to the twins. One of the stories was about a woman named Kisa Gotami. The following…
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