February Letter from Christy

"If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded." - Maya Angelou

As we enter February and inch our way toward spring together, we aim to warm our hearts and sharpen our minds. Winter is birthday season in my family. Between us, my husband and I celebrated my birthday, my sister's birthday and his birthday in January. In February, there are even more birthdays, beginning with my nephew's, then my sister-in-law, my son, my younger sister and last but not least my brother-in-law! There is a lot to celebrate and so much to be grateful for always, but there is nothing like birthdays to make one consider and appreciate just how wonderful it is to be alive, to be human, to be healthy… 

EMC is taking a closer look at the heart this month, both literally and figuratively. Why is the heart so important to our general health and to women when we are pregnant? I am in awe of the human body and its ability to heal and protect itself. It's a wonder how pregnancy can make our bodies so vulnerable and yet there is also no greater example of how powerful and perfect a creation our body is. What is truly miraculous is the way we can teach one another and ourselves about our limitless capacity to love others. 

I hope you are as inspired as I am to teach, learn and share with those close to our hearts and that the love continues to grow until everyone feels the physical and spiritual benefits that will follow.

"The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart" - Maya Angelou