February 29, 2008
Slowly Uphill
Exploring a neighboring village with Amy and Gemma
Today has been like going uphill all day long with screaming in my ears. It's a weary subject, this business of being sick. There are so many people who are sick out there right now and we are normally very healthy so I'm not going to complain...too much. How do kids know when to behave their worst when you are low low?
Photo taken by Amy who sat with Jack and was very sweet to my boy:)
I know, all the train pictures. Maybe in my fever-fried brain they are symbolic for life rushing by while we quietly read or for stepping off the train for awhile in our sick state. We aren't caught up in the rush really anyway. I have my own pace in this life and it is slow and that's how I like it. I hate to be rushed. I don't like my day FULL. That's just me. Sometimes FULL is unavoidable and I can do it when I have to. I love it when things like lots of snow cancel school and everything and people are forced to slow down. I think I've been given the luxury of this pace I love for a long time. It makes me wonder if that will change and if coming back to the States will make a big difference. I think of all the things I've been missing, all the things I want to show my children, all the traveling I want to do. Then I think about how I want to be careful not to put too much on our plate so that we have time to sit still, watch, think and be. Tonight my prayers go out to the sick and all of those diligent folks out there who are working hard in that rush. Goodnight.
I hope this entry is a sign you are getting better. I love the picture of Jack's cute profile against the countryside.
Posted by: G'ma at March 1, 2008 03:52 PMI too hate to be rushed. I have missed more than one D train because I refused to scramble down the stairs and try to jump on before the doors snapped shut. Hoping your little family is feeling much better.
Posted by: Sarah Shingler at March 2, 2008 01:22 AM