~martinmas lantern walk~

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Our family likely wouldn't have observed Martinmas

if it weren't for Waldorf education.

Our evening walk was bookended by two stories of Saint Martin,

the first from the Tiptoes Lightly book, by the hearth, lit with our lanterns

and the second, with the children snuggled in bed,

their bedroom illuminated by their wax-coated glass lanterns,

out of my own memory of a friend's telling, in a cozy circle of children years ago.

The beautiful story of Saint Martin will surely help light our way through the dark months ahead.