Stirring Poetic Asides #2

 Stirring

 

S tirred by Your Spirit

T empting me for good

I want to seek You

R eally, as I should.

R emove from me this laziness

I succumb to every day

N urture me by Your grace

G od, move on me today

Stirring Poetic Asides 1

 Super Power

 

Up in the wee AM

Not a creature stirring

But silence drowned out

By inner-ear whirring

 

Getting old is not

For the faint of heart

So I’m determined

To aim to do my part

 

Good food and exercise

Challenges for the brain

Doctor visits and medicine

Aspirin for the pain

 

A time of meditation

In this early hour

Prayer is really

Where I get my power.

Contemplation

 God and the Cat in the Hat

 

I feel like I’m juggling again,

like in “The Cat in the Hat.”

“’That’s not all I can do’” said the cat.

“That’s what the cat said,

then he fell on his head.”

 

Working at the nature center,

speaking for a women’s group,

housework, yardwork,

writing devotions for ministry

caregiving for a man with autism

 

walking, meals, errand-running,

going to church, learning Spanish

practicing the ukulele

writing a poem a day

praying with two friends each week.

 

And I’m binging on NCIS

which I can’t understand half the time.

Need to get my flu shot.

Need to get my ears checked.

Need to research Medicare

 

But above all,

I need to seek You first

Lord, I trust as I do,

all these other things

will find their place.

Sunday August 20th Lake Geneva Trip

 Another Pre-reunion

Woke up in Lincoln about seven

Headed for the church in Plattesmouth

Got there fifteen minutes late

Then another ten with hubby’s potty break

 

Linda met us and sat with us.

It was very dark in there.

Why are so many churches

Set up like a theatre?

 

A guy rambled about giving.  

Christian 101.

Grace was baptized.

A woman rambled about her ministry.

 

Maybe I was just tired,

but I was glad when it ended.

We took communion,

but not together.

 

Loren and I were “extras”

to Grace and Grayson’s parties.

I gave them their elephants.

They didn’t seem too impressed.

 

We ate doughnuts.

Then we had lunch in a good café

in Nebraska city.

Life is short, eat dessert first.

 

Settled back in Lincoln.

Took a nap.

Sloppy Joes for supper.

Made calendar for reunion.

 

Life seemed to be in slo-mo today.

Tomorrow drive to Wisconsin

For the family reunion

Though I feel I’ve had three already.

 

Poetic Bloomings The road

 

Here and There

 

The road to here was long and twisty

With some bumps along the way

Here wasn’t where I had aimed for

But where I landed just the same

 

Here is a place I’ve grown accustomed

Thought at times I wish for there

I’ll be content with all my blessings

And loved ones who show they care

 

Just like it was at the beginning

I am usure of where to go

And as I go away from here

There is one thing that I do know

 

God is with me in life’s journey

And whether I am there or here

I can travel with assurance

That the Lord is very near

Saturday August 19th Lake Geneva Trip

 Fun Family Tine in Nebraska

 

In Lincoln, woke up after fitful sleep.

Visited with Karen and Judy.

Changes in sizes produced a clothing swap

More “hopeful” shirts for me

 

Powwow about my pillow

I intended to make for craft exchange

from Grandma’s crocheting—no!

Too much of a family heirloom.

 

Karen, Judy, Loren and I

Visited Judy’s husband Mike

He had his fingernails painted.

I snapped pictures.

 

Margots birthday party-5 years old

Good to see nephew and family

Pizza, gifts, laughter. Kids liked

the colorful elephants I gave them.

 

Later, Karen and I made candy wreaths

Not the best idea: expense and calories

We had fun making them though

And we had to sample the candy

Friday August 18 Lake Geneva Trip

 Splendor

 

Wreck of a hotel room

Rocking toilet

Torn carpet

Dirty bedspread

 

A rough sleep.

Hubby and I couldn’t get comfortable.

Son slept with the light on.

I kept waking up.

 

But a good breakfast,

eggs, sausage and toast

Packed up.

Son drove.

 

At the rest area.

Getting wheel chair out

wouldn’t be worth unpacking trunk.

Parked too far away.

 

Hubby was weak

and wore out.

Getting chair out

would have been worth it.

 

Arrived Lincoln about 530.

Hubby set up his “office”

in sister’s living room.

Sis fixed up bedroom for us.

 

Cousin Becca picked up Eli

I snapped a picture

of these lifelong friends.

They went to the fair.  

 

We ate trip leftovers

and Judy’s watermelon

and cottage cheese.

Yummy

 

An elderly woman from our church called

She left a bowl of peaches

on our porch in Colorado.

“Nebraska! I’ll go get them!”

 

Quiddler with Judy.

Had to remember the rules.

Wishing we had Splendor

On its way with Little Sis

 

Little Sis’s flight was cancelled

Took hours to get one on standby.

She made it by midnight.

Her suitcase didn’t.

 

No Splendor.

Just the splendor

of having three of five

sisters together.