So this morning, I am determined to feel myself, back among the living,
\nhaving spent the later part of Thursday and all of my Friday snuggled up almost simultaneously shivering and sweating, as well as feeling mildly delirious.
\nWhen first I wake, my back is complaining royally, \u00a0too much lying around, I think
\nor quite possibly it is the effects of too many holiday treats now beginning their \u2018sweet revenge\u2019 of crushing me!\u00a0 Ha ha!
\nTime to move, and when I do, I feel rather contracted, somewhat smaller than myself.
\nand so I set my intentions for the day to breathe deep
\nto filling my lungs
\nas I was once instructed in the hospital after a surgery, and a bad turn –
\nto turn my raisins ..\u00a0 once again, in to grapes.
\nbreathing fully and deeply to create spaces
\nin my vertebrae and really to all parts of me that need tending * see all.
\nI return this morning to my chair by the window,\u00a0 my comfort
\namazed by just how much snow has descended, I hadn\u2019t even looked
\nout the window
\nas I read my book, I notice significant cuts on my hand, results of work on Thursday
\nI gently rub the top of my hand
\noddly
\nit feels rather like having lost a day \u2026\u00a0 of noticing \u2026
\nentirely
\nbut this morning, I am with intention
\nI breathe deeply and look out at the incredible mounds of fluff
\npiled heavily on everything
\nquite beautifying really \u2013 of course I wasn\u2019t the one having to move it, or drive in it..
\nthe feeders unfortunately look empty, just\u00a0 one small junco scavenging in the snow
\nI notice now just how lovely my chair feels, welcoming and supportive
\nand even the sort\u00a0 of cold-ishness I can feel from the window, characteristic of a lovely old house
\nwhich some mornings I would complain of draft, this morning
\nfeels wonderfully refreshing
\nI don\u2019t put on my slippers, but instead allow this feeling of fresh cool air to tickle my toes
\nmy dear husband, my rock has been wonderful, managing to step in and take over
\nas he does,
\neven when not feeling so great himself
\nit is, I think,\u00a0 the strong sturdiness and inherent goodness of him
\nthat holds and forever expands my heart
\nand somehow still, after all this time .. amazes me
\nI make sure to tell him today, just how very much I appreciate him
\nthis morning we both speak of gratitude that this little bug seems to be
\nfast moving, and hopefully we are all
\non the mend
\nand so today still fairly gently,
\nI am grateful movement
\nI can get back to putting away the rest of the Christmas debris
\none son has returned to school and that little pull of sadness returns
\nwith the holidays now passed it seems time to settle in
\nfor the wintery-ness of things
\nfirst though,\u00a0 I think I\u2019ll bundle up
\nand go out,\u00a0 \u00a0breathe deep
\nfill up my lungs with freshness
\nand just
\nhave a look at things
\nand then, as always
\nfind my place
\nto
\nsay a very grateful good morning
\nto
\nthe
\nsun\u00a0 \u2665<\/p>\n
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