Lauri Paul has been an early childhood educator for more years than she can count. You can find her playing outside, inside and upside down on the wild and wet Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, She is a mother of 2 grown children. She values children for being children in all their unique and interesting ways, She values the relationship within and the many ways of expressing be-ing. To lift another is to recognize their being. This is Lauri’s first publication.