Monday’s Child

Sleep eluded me until after midnight.  Around 2:00 a.m., the buffeting of wind against the roof awakened me.  I lay beneath its battering, picturing a storm raging above me.  But in the morning, a pale grey sky and predictions of sunny weather belied the images of my wakefulness.

The wind still howls.  Around the house, projects in various stages testify to the scattered emotions which continue to plague my hours.  Paperwork, laundry, dishes — all begun and left half-finished.  I roam the house this morning with my cup of warm lemon-laced water and listlessly lift the corners of a towel.  I can’t remember why it hangs from the back of a chair.  Boxes nestled in one another await transfer to some location other than the dining room table.

On the front porch, I study the plants which still thrive.  A volunteer Marigold emerged from roots left in a green clay pot.  I run one finger around the rim, testing the soil.  Begonias and impatiens still bloom beneath the gentle sun of autumn.  This summer’s porch garden fares much better than I do.  I sit.  I rock.  I take my comfort here.

It’s the seventeenth day of the thirty-fourth month of My Year Without Complaining.  This Monday Child continues in her quest for joy despite some setbacks.  Life continues.

 

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2 thoughts on “Monday’s Child

  1. Cindy Cieplik

    Good Morning!

    Missing your blog lately~had to tell you, completed a facebook action, and you came up as my clone!
    How cool is that!

    Lots of love, CC

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  2. Linda Overton

    Your garden is lovely. It makes me wish I could have a porch garden also. Its probably just as well that I can’t where I am now. I was never that great with plants. The only one I had success with was an aloe I got as a gift. I was able to transplant the “babies” into forty pots and give them to friends as gifts.

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