Thank you for your interest in contributing a verse
to The Mindful Parent website. Submitting a contribution is
as easy a sending an e-mail. The process for developing a
verse can be one that fills you with joy.
If you are not
familiar with the Mindful Parenting "Verse and Commentary" format,
please examine the following
example verse or visit the
Verses section
of the website and examine the layout of any one of the
verses contained in this site. You should observe
that a submission consistes of four parts:
1. The Title
2. The Verse
3. The Commentary
4. The Image
You
are welcome to submit any or all of the above. If, for example,
you submit a title, verse, and a photograph, we will put together
a short commentary that we hope touches on the insight and feeling
your verse and photo impart.
Be sure to let us know in
the e-mail how you would like to be acknowledged. A popular
request is to identify one's first initial and last name and
city and state. But by all means include as much or little information
as you wish.
Create the Verse from within a Mindful Parenting
State
We suggest that you create the verse while
in a mindful state. This means that you might establish for
yourself a calm and relaxing mood while bringing into awareness an
event or instance when you were partcularly moved by your child's
presence in your life. Or take a moment to jot down a verse
that comes to mind during or shortly after you experience such
an wonderful event or instance. Click
here for a brief discussion
of the joy to be experienced creating and using mindful parenting
verses.
There is no criteria for acceptance other than that the
submission derives from an open heart.
Please click on the
link below to send us an e-mail with your submission. You may
attach an image of any size. Please note that we reserve the
right to crop images and to edit material that is submitted.
If you are wary of such modifications, please let us know of your
concerns and we will be sure to honor your wishes before anything
is published on the website. If you wish, you may request that
we provide you with a link to view the Verse, Commentary, and/or Photograph to
ensure your comfort.
