Eight: I think this gets harder as you go

1. I missed paying the electric bill by half an hour yesterday, I was supposed to pick up my van and some stepping stones for the garden today but I forgot, and I am supposed to be booking train tickets, but I never do.

Wait.  I think I forgot the point of this exercise.  Let me start over.

1. Fresh Lime Soda.  Club soda, a squeeze of lemon or lime, and some sweetener.  It fizzes! It's cold.

2. It cooled off today.

3. Leafy: "I'm just giving my baby a snuggle." (His baby is the cow that our friend left here for the kids, the same one he was nursing in a photo I took a while back.)

4. I am hand-sewing my daughter a skirt out of an old t-shirt of mine, because I like to do something with my hands while I talk, and it is too sticky for knitting.  (When the yarn won't slide through my fingers it just makes me mad.)

5. There was a girl who came over today for lunch.  I think I had pegged her in a different light than I saw her in today.  She was difficult for me to understand, but today she seemed so soft, so needy of friendship and people to love her.  I was glad to see that in her, glad to not think of her as just a party girl.  I was reminded about not being hasty, even if someone is drunk the first time you meet them.

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Grace is always around me, but I have been grizzling along to myself today.  Poor me.  Poor, poor me. I'm sooooo tired.  Who will take care of me?

Wealthy woman!  Stand up and sing, already!  The treasures in your house may loudly demand a lot of attention, but they are clustered around you like stars...

Comments

[Alesia]

Wealthy woman! Stand up and sing, already! The treasures in your house may loudly demand a lot of attention, but they are clustered around you like stars…

Oh, Rae, thank for this. I needed it.

I love the idea of sewing your daughter something new from something of yours. I'll do this.

[#1mama]

You are an amazing woman! You learn so well!

[Lyssa]

How are you making a skirt out of your old skirt? I'd love to see how you're doing it!

[Deb Eriksen]

Rae, I am so glad Megan told me about your blog (in Chicago) Today I'm pasting your quote, "stand up and sing!" into my journal. What a boon to read this today!
Deb E.

[Dinah Soar]

Beautiful thoughts Rae...and such a sweet boy , Leafy, snuggling his "baby"...I'd love to see that...I got to spend the day today with an old friend who is a new grandma and we had the baby all day by ourselves...I got to snuggle a baby too and it's been a long time since I got to do that.

[B]

That last bit is breathtaking. I am going to post a link to this entry on my blog today. Thank you!
~B

[Chris]

Love the last paragraph. Amazing!

[that chick]

have you tried knitting with linen?

[Linda]

Hello Journey Mama,
Thank you for your words at the bottom, I will now go post them somewhere I will see them all day. I wondered if you had ever heard of a band named Aradhna http://www.aradhnamusic.com/. They have been a favorite of mine since I discovered them while my husband was playing at Cornerstone Festival. It is beautiful to be able to feel worship despite language barriers. I just thought you might like them.

[Green Girl]

I love that you hit restart mid-pace with writing this post. And I believe I shall have a fresh lime soda tonight.

[Rachel Mccay]

I have been saying the last phrase to myself over and over. Thank you so much. It is so beautiful and so true.

[Noha]

Last line was lovely. I did a lot of feeling sorry for myself today for no good reason, just the tiredness you talk about. Thanks for the reminder.