How Do You Wake Up?
Contributor
Written by
suzi banks baum
October 2013
Contributor
Written by
suzi banks baum
October 2013

Morning UP

What do you do first in the morning?

I have learned that to enter my day having listened in closely to
what my prayers, a poem, and sitting quietly have to offer me,
I am better suited to happiness and inspiration.

I open up and can sustain this state throughout the day,
even when I am in a place or time that challenges me.
I see cracks where light can enter and I go towards those
opportunities.

So. I am in at my Mother's former home.
Former as in she died on October 10, 2010 and the
home she lived in with my stepfather is now
sitting quietly, watching as my siblings and I
navigate the endings of our parent's lives.
(my stepfather is alive and well and a walking inspiration in wool)

How do I live in relationship to the place where
I grew up, without the grounding of my Mother here?
Where is home?
Does my love for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan,
for the places I know, for the friends and family I have
here, constitute a deep connection?

This is what I am asking of my quiet time today.
And how I am living this week as I
rake leaves off my Mother's grave,
tending what she planted here.
And listening.

I would love to know a question of yours
and how you listen for the answers.

More from the UP as I live it.
With love,

S

Let's be friends

The Women Behind She Writes

519 articles
12 articles

Featured Members (7)

123 articles
392 articles
54 articles
60 articles

Featured Groups (7)

Trending Articles

Comments
No comments yet