Todd and Sarah Palin have named their little guy Trig, which according to the family, is a Norse word meaning “true” and “brave victory:” The name is in honor of his great uncle, a Bristol Bay fisherman. The name Paxson comes from a snowmobiling area in Alaska which the Palins cherish.

If this little boy’s names are an indication of his family’s hopes for him, their recognition of his gifts yet to be unfurled, then it may well be that this child’s life will present a rare landscape, seldom seen by most, and many many challenges met with true and straight heart.

In depth psychology, the symbol of the fisher and the wild landscape are ancient ones, and are particularly related to la Mer, the fisher being the one who returns day in and day out, to that origin of basic, basic life; the one who is nourished by what he or she finds /catches in the great oceanic life form that rocks so much life. In some of the oldest tales from the Inuit, the fisherman is ever amazed at his finds, and has a heart like a north star– it does not waver.

Though there are health issues of the body, often, and there will be issues of protecting this young soul from those who do not understand, a child with Down’s syndrome, nonetheless, is a treasure in these ways of the ancient fisherman, also. Heart like a North Star. You can count on it.