Lanie Timko 12/2/21 Lanie Timko 12/2/21

Kids and Pain

Emotionally anchoring the little ones with our soothing voices, gentle touches, and safe presence gives them a sense that we caregivers can tolerate and be with them in their distress, setting them up to trust us for an emotionally supported and connected adolescence.

Lanie Timko 12/30/20 Lanie Timko 12/30/20

Identity Cancelled

For many of these kids, this most recent turn in the shutting down of schools, gyms, and extracurriculars has also shut down what helps to define them.

And what defines us aligns us.

Lanie Timko 11/13/20 Lanie Timko 11/13/20

Kids, Soul Care & Covid-19

The goal isn’t perfectly attached and attuned parenting; it’s simply to adjust a few things so that you can be more present throughout the day and in new ways.

Lanie Timko 5/3/20 Lanie Timko 5/3/20

No Guarantees

What lies before me is the undeniable contrast I have now experienced as a result of the pandemic. Contrasts related to time and its lack of guarantees.

Lanie Timko 3/15/20 Lanie Timko 3/15/20

Spring & Covid-19

Bad news and fear of worsening days, scarcity mindsets, hoarding and self-preservation juxtaposes a season we know as one of awe, wonder, expectation, and rebirth.

Lanie Timko 5/18/18 Lanie Timko 5/18/18

Searching for Meaning

When we separate our lives from the divine- from this idea that we were created by a being greater than ourselves, for a purpose greater than ourselves- we fall into a hole of existential void and meaninglessness.