Book excerpt: Once Upon a Winter Solstice is an instant classic for a new generation of Earth Centered families and children longing to reconnect with the cycles of Life. It is a tale of Dark and Light, Day and Night, Death and Rebirth that teaches readers about the seasons, solstices and equinoxes. It reminds children that Life is a process and the process is the purpose. It helps all to remember to slow down and celebrate the sacredness of Earth's cycles through both the Darkness and the Light along the journey of becoming one's Self deeply connected to our Source, Mother Earth.