By Andryce Andres / March 2026
Silence is not the absence of sound, but the presence of listening. – unknown
Have you ever noticed the quiet beauty of a tree in winter – its branches bare, revealing shape, texture, and design? It is the spaces between the branches that give the tree its form, its elegance, its meaning.
So it is with us.
When we hold space for another, especially for a child, we become those spaces. We offer presence, stillness, and deep listening.
In that space, they are free to reveal themselves – their shape, their design, their beauty.
“Wait time” suggests expectation, a pause filled with wanting something to happen. But holding space asks something different of us. It asks us to simply be – to listen, to remain still, to allow.
And in that openness, their true selves can emerge.
