#NewThisDay Writing From My Photo Stream
On the morning river
[Oops! I forgot to hit send on last night’s blog! Here it is i you want to read it]
Tonight I am comfy on the living room couch so that Wave and his mom can be in my bed. Wave, sick all day with a stomach bug. I let him climb into my bed this morning to watch tv and he stayed there all day. Poor thing. Frank’s away so I don’t mind letting them stay put for now. I had to launder all his bedding all day. It’s been a bit of a messy project. But he is worth it. I went for a nice walk. Sure, it was somewhat cloudy. But I was filled with yesterday’s sunshine. Then I swam and went to poetry workshop, again. It was very worthwhile. And talking to Frank while I walked this morning was also. I got an answer to a question I’d been asking in my head about how I would know when my manuscript is complete and it came out very clearly once I said the question out loud in conversation with Frank. I am grateful for that. I got caught up on some event posting and organizing, answering emails, commenting on people’s writing. . . it was a very productive day. I used the time I would have spent taking Wave to our Tuesday swim date then making a nice meal. No need to get up and get him off to school tomorrow. I found a special note on my coffee maker this morning as I went to push the on button. My daughter and I had talked after Wave went to sleep last night. I was tired, but she came into my room, onto the bed to chat. I always remember how my father made time to listen to me whenever I popped in on him, If he was busy or tired or whatever. I loved that he valued listening to me so much. She wanted to vent and talk about politics that are concerning her and how she’s coping with that. We zeroed in on the necessity to generate positivity. And so, her note was a follow up on that. An affirmation for us to believe in the goodness of people, faith in democracy the power of generating hope to each other. Not ignoring the dangers of what’s happening. But finding ways to feel hopeful and grateful and trusting in the goodness of people in our country and their desire to preserve democracy in the face of profound threats and random cruelty.