I was reading Stone Soup to my youngest child. He was amazed by the people coming together to create something that they could all share. He has since, started asking for "stone milk" when he wants to breastfeed. When you think about it, stone milk is much like stone soup. Farmers, owners of markets, neighbors, friends, and family come together with us to provide, prepare, and enjoy a meal. My body turns that meal into the milk that I provide my son to help him grow.
In the same way that others help me to provide my youngest with this stone milk, they also help me to teach my children what they need to learn in life. My children do not learn only from books. They do not attend a public school. They learn from life, experience, and those around them. They learn from their grandparents, from animals, from the nice old man next door, and the not so nice one on the other side. Every person my children have contact with has an opportunity to contribute to the growth and nurturing of another human being. We all have that opportunity when we walk out our doors. Humans never stop learning. We all have a chance to contribute to the lives of others, to help them grow, to be a part of their stone milk.
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