out running this morning- mind busy with thoughts for the day ahead- idling along hoping it won't rain on me. Hoping I can make it up this next hill. Hoping I can get it all done today. Why have I set so many tasks? When will we make time for the small projects and pile on the kitchen counter I want to show you? What about the cards and the cooking and the laundry? What about the odds and ends of things that sit and always wait for another day?
Last hill came up ahead- and a favorite old song- "Yellow" by Coldplay- a great beat to double time to and pound up the final hill (by pound I mean jog faster- not a rocket here- just an out of shape mom- but still proud of me) Coldplay sings...."Look at the stars, Look how they shine for you, And everything you do..."
Round the corner, limp to a stop, stretching legs down the street... Here comes our sweet small home.... Through the gate..... release the dog.... and through the front door to cheers of "MAMA!" and two glowing faces as Coldplay belts out "...for you I'd bleed myself Dry... For you I'd bleed myself Dry......"
And you both jump on me- or scoot rather for lil Dot.... and all the thoughts of the busy day melt away... and I can just sit- ipod still beating in my ears... I can take this moment and make it last all day..... My whole life even.
"Its true look how they shine for you look how they shine for you look how they shine for you look how they shine for you look how they shine for you look how they shine look at the stars look how they shine for you..."
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