Healed by Winnie the Pooh

Source: ririro.com/tigger-comes-to-the-forest-and-has-breakfast

How jarring it was to stumble upon the kiddie book collection from when our now-grown children were young. These books seem so strange and out of place today.

Do you remember Winnie the Pooh? Not the new Disney productions, the old books. We get desensitized to the children’s material we are immersed in now and we forget what childhood used to be.

Do you remember when our culture believed children had the right to some level of innocence and delight? Do you remember reading a good book to a child or having a good book read to you on the lap of a trusted adult, complete with whatever silly voices were required?

A lot of people are emotionally suffering right now from the stresses of the holiday season and a multitude of relationship wounds. Winnie the Pooh reminds us of another time. Maybe it brings up feelings of childhood loss to be grieved. Maybe it reminds us of loved ones. Maybe it reminds us of how differently we used to perceive childhood. Maybe it just gives us a giggle.

My Christmas gift to you all is this amazing link I found. Ririro.com is a free online library of books listed by age appropriateness. Many have an audio reading available. Many can be accessed in different languages.

My favorite - Tigger Comes to the Forest and Has Breakfast

A huge Winnie the Pooh collection with audio, words and pictures can be found here.