Back to back intense parenting evenings, what a ride, Not mine to drive, just witness, be present, listen, hold my tongue, unsure what to say, So just in the moment, ready to hold, try to validate, but also mediate the intensity of the moment, I don’t own it, too big for me, just staying in, …
Category: Attitude
Plug Along
Nothing wrong, just plug along, The days don’t need highlights always, sometimes the phase is just normal, even, and that’s ok, Ok to plug along, plug along.
Dynamo
Converting material to energy, fine, What about emotions? What about suboptimal (or crappy) circumstance? Need a dynamo, be the dynamo, that makes it so, Turn rough to ready, Sticky to smooth, Bad to good, Be the dynamo, GOOD.
Adapt
Another shake with the same stick, theme this presented this past weekend, ADAPT. Life is constantly changing, situations and circumstances constantly changing, ADAPT. Don’t like the current way? Not working so well? ADAPT. Preferred or planned steps tripping you up? That perfect route not working out? ADAPT. GOOD.
Piecemeal
Piecemeal a life, sometimes seems that way. Guided mostly by sense and circumstance, focused on finding the good, Would that I kept to the plan, list, rigid and in oft need of revision, Instead piecemeal my way, weekend, chores, writing, work, sometimes even sleep, life, Responding and making the best of it, this my way.
Word…Wordle
Gotta know how to play, gotta know, gotta know, Word puzzles, fun, if ya know, Wordle in this case, don’t let it disgrace, Settle in, take a spin, let your mind wander, let your mind ponder, Just what it could be, what it could be, Learn the rules, tricks, Don’t be a stickler, you’ll get …
3/4 Sleep, GOOD
3/4th’s of the family at home, Oldest at her first sleep over at a friend’s house tonight, Youngest missing her sis, Brother already asleep, he like me, Loves to slumber, 3/4 here, Sleep, GOOD.
Close
Scribbled down after another month’s close, the books, the business, No accountant am I, but still a role to play, one of the last left at work, on-line, closing things out. Modest role to be sure, but still time into evening, last of a few cars on the lot, sun two hours gone by the …
Digital Spa Day
Easy Button, together again, slow it all down, After several days in the islands, several days on the road, bring it back to the basics, Spa Day Pun, all the fun of doing nothing but what you want to do, screen and PJ’s for the kids, puttering around with laundry and dishes and NPR for …
Elixir
Sitting in a darkened room, predawn, an elixir like no other to start the day. Heat, moonlight pouring into the space, settling deeply within, Sets the tone for the day, my mind set to soak up every last bit of happening and circumstance that will frame and mark and create the story of the day, …