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Bedtime Story: A New England Girlhood

by Glenda Cedarleaf

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Meditation
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An immersion into the imaginative, spiritual experience of a childhood connected with nature, family, friendships, and the Divine; this reading is excerpted from Lucy Larcom's reflective autobiography "A New England Girlhood", and John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "My Psalm". Both authors lived in the 1800's in Massachusetts. Beautiful music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke extends an additional 12 minutes to further deepen into a peaceful sleep.

BedtimeNatureChildhoodHistoryFamilyPoetryFriendshipSleepMusicNature ImageryChildhood MemoriesHistorical ReferencesFamily BondingDivine ConnectionFriendship LoveSpiritual InspirationBedtime StoriesSpirits

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Glenda CedarleafUSA

4.8 (1 106)

Recent Reviews

Cathy

November 23, 2025

Bringing to life this wonderful prose, in your soothing tone, thank you ! I slept well towards the end with soft melodies, 😌

Ginger

May 18, 2025

I always feel so safe and sound listening to Glenda πŸ’€

Lee

November 27, 2023

Blissful and magical as always Glenda. Your soothing voice helped me return to sleep. Many thanks and many Blessings.πŸ•ŠπŸ’œβœ¨

Barbara

November 16, 2023

Excellent! Fell asleep & woke up at 3:30am. Going to repeat! Thank you kindly for this bedtime story!πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™πŸ€—πŸ€—πŸ€—πŸ€—πŸ€—

Janet

May 10, 2023

Thankfully fell asleep, your voice was soothing and enjoyable.

Barbie

May 1, 2023

Amazing! Need to finish story. Vivid details and excellent expressions captured interest, but fatigue took ending away.

jane

November 30, 2022

Very nice! I did fall asleep though and missed the ending. Guess I will have to play it again 😊

Sara

September 16, 2022

So soothing! And long enough to really help me get to sleep.

Sweetsacredthyme

July 21, 2022

My son and myself love love love this! Thank you πŸ™

Joanna

April 28, 2022

One of the most beautiful passages I’ve ever heard

Joyce

February 3, 2022

Lovely

NΓ‘bla

January 26, 2022

Fell asleep ...but what I heard was lovely 😊

Carmen

January 20, 2022

The MOST amazinggggg!!!!

Carol

September 23, 2021

Absolutely beautiful, deep and insightful ... Blown away by her talent and richness of spirit.

Julia

September 12, 2021

Beautiful- As only you can do it- I am so grateful for you Glenda- Deepest thanks β™₯️

Jocelyn

September 2, 2021

Restful

LΓ©na

August 31, 2021

I delighted w this story as I do w all your stories, Glenda. Thx for the soothing peacefulness. LΓ©na πŸ’•πŸƒβ˜ΊπŸ™

Julie

August 12, 2021

Beautifully informing - a sheer haven of intriguing and delightful scenarios discovered from another perspective- of life in early years.- really enlightening. And beautiful as always Thankyo thank you thank you ❀️❀️❀️

Betsy

July 22, 2021

I was able to be lulled asleep by the words, soft voice and music and decided upon reawakening in the morning to listen to this beautiful story consciously. What a gift! Thank you, Glenda! I need to take in this Grace daily!(

Kaaren

July 4, 2021

That was really interesting! Though I fell back asleep pretty quickly so I'm sure I'll hear more when I'm less tired. Lol!

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