151. Cozy Cardboard! a bedtime meditation and story

Chance the cozy Cardboard Box wonders what will happen today. Everyday brings a surprise! Hello everyone!  We hope you enjoyed our new story this week. Now, welcome to Favorite Friday! Sometimes we like to listen to our favorites again. Please enjoy “Cozy Cardboard!" and we’ll be back with a new story on Monday! Narrator: Male Cozy Cardboard! Excerpt: It was dark in the back of the truck where the cardboard box sat, patiently waiting.  Chance was surrounded by oodles of other boxes.  Some had just begun their journey and could hardly contain their excitement.  Others, in the middle of their journey, felt a bit tired and cranky.  Already the cardboard box had been on a two trucks and a plane before being placed on this truck.  It certainly had been along trip. Now that Chance was reaching the end of his travels, he began to feel excited once again.  The cardboard box felt the truck slow down and stop, as it had many times before.  Then the doors opened and light poured into the truck.  Chance was lifted up and he knew it was time! The doorbell rang and when the door opened, the cardboard box was sitting on the stoop.  Chance had been on a very long journey, and felt relieved and a little nervous now that his task was almost complete.  What would he do now?  The cardboard box took a deep dragon breath in and out as the person carried him into the house and set him on the table. Chance looked around, searching for a clue as to what might happen now.  Then he realized he still needed to finish his delivery.  So the cardboard box took another deep dragon breath in and out and put his worries about the future aside. Today’s Meditation: Draw gentle shapes in the soothing sand as you prepare for today's story. Looking for a podcast to help settle your child in for nap time, bedtime or a break?  You'll find it on Ahway Island®. Be Calm on Ahway Island® Podcast offers original bedtime stories, like "Cozy Cardboard!" paired with meditations for kids. We help them drift off to sleep with a guided relaxation and a calming story. Gently nestled within each podcast episode are mindfulness techniques and positive learning moments.  To learn more about our mission at Ahway Island and our team please visit our website. Creating the original bedtime stories and art for Be Calm on Ahway Island takes a lot of time and care. As a listener-supported podcast, we truly appreciate our members on Patreon. If you're not already a member, please consider joining! Writing, recording, editing, and publishing episodes and managing digital platforms is an enormous endeavor. Our Patreon program will help continue to grow Ahway Island and we hope you will support us! You can choose from 3 different Membership Levels, all of which include access to our Archives and an extra episode each week! Are you and your children enjoying our stories and self-soothing meditations? We hope your child loved “Cozy Cardboard!” We ask for your positive reviews to help others find us, too! Please leave a 5-star review on your favorite podcast app (such as Apple Podcasts) or on our Amazon Alexa Skill page. And, please follow, like, and/or share our social media profiles (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram ) to help us bring our original stories with positive messages to even more listeners! One more thing: did you know we also have a YouTube channel? Check out the