{"id":331,"date":"2026-08-04T00:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T23:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listeningspacecounselling.com\/?p=331"},"modified":"2026-08-04T00:26:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T23:26:43","slug":"family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listeningspacecounselling.com\/?p=331","title":{"rendered":"Family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-parallax\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-333 size-large has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/listeningspacecounselling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/86GSU-1024x687.jpg)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#302926\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center alignwide has-foreground-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">                                  Silence in the starry night,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/listeningspacecounselling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/VDOdw-1024x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-336\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4890916206036295;width:411px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listeningspacecounselling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/VDOdw-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/listeningspacecounselling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/VDOdw-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/listeningspacecounselling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/VDOdw-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/listeningspacecounselling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/VDOdw.jpg 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Milky Way sprinkles love and wonder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Gifts of light falling from the night sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Not a sound to be heard tonight,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Except for the wind shaking the leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps a car is heard afar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Staring at so much beauty,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Naming the constellations,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">And spotting satellites in the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Dreams of far-away stars and worlds still in our eyes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Silence interrupted by our questions and laughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Nature and the darkness enter my breath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The body is heavy and spent, yet happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The mind 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