Monday Words of Support

A Message from Exchange’s Publisher, Nancy Rosenow:

As the situation we’re all facing with the coronavirus continues to unfold, I’ve been turning more and more to writers who inspire me. Today I found this from Maya Angelou:

“I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.”

Her words were comforting. I know so many of us in the early childhood field have been grappling with difficult decisions with no easy answers; doing our best and making decisions from a place of love is all we can ask of ourselves.

Our team at Exchange stands with you as you go through this challenging time. Recently we sent out a survey, asking how we can best support you. I was so gratified by your wonderful responses. We are taking your ideas to heart, and are now hard at work creating some of the new resources you’ve requested. The kind words you’ve shared with us have been heartwarming, and you have our promise that we are trying to make decisions that will be most helpful to all of you who are doing such heroic work.

In a profession like ours where children look to us to learn about life, one piece of advice that has helped me is to embrace the word “and.” We can acknowledge the gravity of what we are facing, AND we can give thanks for the beauty of nature that still surrounds us. We can grieve for the loss of physical connections AND give thanks for technology that allows us to keep social connections.

We can feel our fear AND remember that love is always greater than fear.

I wish us all many moments of love in our week ahead.

Thank you for the important work you do for our world,
Nancy

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