By Mark Yearwood, for Finding Nature News. Synopsis published here with permission.
So much of the past two plus years, because of the Covid pandemic, has been about denial, delay and loss. The toll has been all too real for children and will not heal on its own. The wild, open spaces of nature, with its solace, wonder and mystery, can help.
The forests, the rivers, the birds and their songs, the dirt and the wildflowers in their inexplicable beauty in seemingly improbable places — all of it. Time here is restorative and necessary because of what our children have lost.
Assessing the impacts of a storm while you are still in the midst of that storm is a difficult task. But when those impacts are profound, the endeavour to name and understand becomes necessary. The pandemic has put us all in this position, and our children need us to be honest and unflinching here and now. Read more about Mark’s take on how nature can help.