A moment of inspiration...

I used to love writing poetry. You know, children don't spend much time with it anymore. They are too busy getting ready for standardized tests. Too bad... Occasionally I jot one down and since we are cleaning out EVERYTHING, I found this one from when Jim received his Miata convertible from Daniel, Tim, and Seth for his birthday. License plate FRMYSNZ. Now Jim is an amazing poet and writer, but I'll be brave and share this one.

Convertible Meditation

When you let the top down

            the world is different to my eyes.

            Blue turns to azure,

            Soft clouds become puffs of meringue.

The wind that silently blew trees

            and leaves and grass as we

            drove by

            is now touching me.

Pushing my hair back,

            swishing around my nose like a gentle finger,

            making my silk scarf flutter around my neck

            tickling itself outside the car’s periphery.

Small breaths of cool air

            swirl over my bare arms and

            I watch to see if they are becoming pink in the sun.

I imagine that those who pass,

            and those we pass

            could be thinking

                        “Oh, what fun!”, or

                        “I wish that were me!”, or

                        “She looks just like Jackie O!”

My senses are embraced in a small space and time

            perhaps to become

                        convertible meditation.

 

Marilee Tice  2010

Happy New...February!

How pitiful is it to go so long without sharing? Let's see, I had surgery on November 4 and then while I am in the bed Jim has a horrific accident at the warehouse in Atlanta in the night. Thank you to Rebecca and Daniel for helping sit with him at the emergency room and get him home at 1am on November 16. So, yes, the two old folks have been hobbling around in the convalescent home in Griffin, while trying to prepare for the wedding, etc. Mom has been incredible and wore herself out going back and forth to help us and me. All the boys rallied with their girls to help us at Thanksgiving along with the six doggies. Tim and Jane gave up vacation days to serve us, and Seth and Kristen came home early from UGA. How blessed are we?! Our church family has been amazing to check on us and brought us food for weeks, including Thanksgiving dinner for eight!

We really set out on the road to recovery when we approached the wedding date. It was one of the most glorious experiences our family has ever had. I really miss that Nancy wasn't there to laugh and cry with us and to see this amazing new family, Daniel and Rebecca. And I got my first dance with my son!