Dear Oak,
I wonder if you ever feel like you just have to boom, and before you even have time to think — BOOM. Sometimes it’s booming energy that just bubbles up. Sometimes something surprises you, and your body needs to boom. Sometimes you’re working on something, and someone feels too close. Maybe they’re going to mess it up, and your body needs to boom.
Maybe you’re worried that someone will mess up your friend’s thing or that they won’t do what your friend asks. It feels like you have to do something!! And boom! Sometimes there’s a sound that is just aarrggg! And boom! Sometimes, someone else’s body boomed you. And boom!
Yikes! I don’t like the feeling, and I especially don’t like booming. It’s scary, and I want us all to be safe. Some of us get the boom feeling and don’t boom or hardly ever boom. Our bodies are just different. Bodies are cool.
What’s also cool is that eventually, with lots of play and just right help and love, we all get to where we don’t boom or hardly ever boom. I wonder what you do when you feel like you just have to boom.
Love,
Teacher Michelle