‘life’ taken from 2:7 of genesis.
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transient
i never catch my disco ball at dusk
without a little leaping of my heart. 
all that unexpected reflected light really makes my spirits soar.
it’s a very slight window of time
when the light is exactly
right to catch
the tiny mirrored squares.
just as sunrise and sunset change their arrival time
a smidge each day,
so too with the angle of light needed for the disco ball refraction.
haven’t seen it for weeks, but today
i rushed into my little workroom
to jot down a note hoping to keep me from forgetting tomorrow
what was on the tip of my mind this afternoon
and ‘ta-da’, disco ball time.
big smile.
then just as quickly it was gone,
but not before it left its mark on me. big smile again.
the secret ingredient
to burst
how you look, what you see
whether i focus on the unexpected gaping hole beneath me
or the lush new growth on the path below
is the difference for me
between fear of the unknown and excitement for what’s coming next.
goalpost
today i aimed for contentment
and the kind of peace that makes you want to smile
until your face sticks that way.
i know that you know what i mean.
there have been lots of obstacles:
burps, bumps, glitches and various other potholes,
but i’m stubborn enough to have kept at it.
now, as the day winds down
i am exhausted,
but happy.
happy in a ‘i wouldn’t trade this for anything’ kind of way
even though it was rough at multiple points and i’m dirt tired.
who, by the way, could be cranky looking at this face?
or those crazy beautiful ‘why do boys get all the good ones’ lashes?
current score: the wednesday that tried to break me = 0
me = 1
the turning
my 8 yr old
decided to write a short poem
(“actually, it’ll be an ode, mama” he told me matter-of-factly)
for his sister’s 15th birthday.
Sisi is my sister’s name,
Once a year we go to Maine.
Hidden‘s a story we are writing,
It is so much better than fighting.
…and off we go into the great blue yonder of another year
as of yet unknown.
congratulations
baby girl.
oh how i love watching you become.
nearly wordless wednesday: end of a good, long day
my kid in a candy store
oh so sweet!
he looks the way i feel about
the new fall yarns and cooler night air arriving:
very (maybe even overly) excited to the point of giddiness.
let’s ready, set, go… jump right in!
shift
it is one of those days
when i feel distinctly the difference
between the size of me and the size of everything else.
leaves me with about equal parts fear and gratitude.
gaining perspective can be so intense.
‘size’ taken from 33:16 of the psalms.
photo taken at somers’ family reunion, 2014.