This is our summer to be dapper amphibians.
This is our summer to embody the lessons, habits, and priorities of Frog and Toad.
Bike riding and attainable to-do lists are in. Snack time is built-in.
We gallop with our friends. We sit close together when we are scared.
Friends are family. We have inside jokes with racoons and snails.
More alone time on rocks in rivers. Less time in office chairs.
Our community is built through dinners on the deck and ice cream in the hammock.
We move without haste and nap in the garden.
This summer, we sing and read poetry to our seedlings.
Porches are for pots of tea and counting the stars.
We write letters to our beloveds and remember that all letters are love letters.
We use our willpower to resist overdoing.
If we have more than enough cookies we share them with the birds.
This is Frog and Toad Summer.
I am in the process of creating a communally written prayer throughout this spring and summer. I invite you to comment, email me, DM me, text me, or mail me your addition(s) to this. The format is loosely:
We so loved the Earth so we ___________________________
and/or
And we so loved our planet while we ___________________
Please share the invitation with the young people in your life, the elders, the partners, the neighbors. When you submit them, please share the following information so I can include you in the credits of this creation:
What you want to be called
Your age
Your location
All parts of this prayer will be shared on ourmedicine.substack.com