we have now had 3 days of sun. in a row. this is life giving to me. life giving. it's actually surprising how much my mood is tied to the weather. i mean i like a rainy or cloudy day once in a while. stay inside, snuggle up with a book, bake something, but that's like 1%-5 % of the time. the rest should be sunshine, warmth and outdoor time. April was so rainy and dismal for me, that i actually looked up when the Mayflower landed because i was so sure that i must have had it wrong. it must have been in early summer when people thought this was a lovely warm climate because what fool would choose to settle here otherwise? i was wrong it was november 6th. (mike said the kind of fool who had been traveling in a boat for 3 months and was happy to hit any land at all).
two of my kids are doing geometry as part of their math curriculum right now. and in geometry it really helps to remember perspective. looking at things differently, changing the way you see the shapes and their relationship to each other can give you insight into the problem.
on sunday morning i was making coffee and thinking about perspective alone in the kitchen and i realized (as if it were new information) that we will get back to uganda, eventually. that this time of staying at home and social distancing will eventually come to an end as all things do. that like with geometry, i can change how i look at this. i can step out of right now for a minute, look at the bigger picture where life returns to more normal (different yes but not this) and i can see hope. i can see dinner parties and faces in full view and even eventually hugging people. i can see bringing our own bags to the market again and talking with strangers at the store (even past 6pm) and other things on the news and my kids having friends to play with and peers not just parents for hours on end. but.
but i could also see the healthy changes all around that hopefully we will choose to keep. families on walks together. john krasinski's 'some good news', emphasis on others, valuing teachers, taking a hard look at the social determinants of health and the disparity and it's deep roots, choosing to change our perspective as a country.
then i stepped back into the moment. out in the yard there was a red fox. she ran from the side yard to the back yard and stayed for a few minutes while the kids and i watched her, then she ran off. a pair of canadian geese flew close overhead honking- alone together- social distancing as well. last week a coyote ran down the road in front of the house and we are surrounded by wild turkeys. gifts. beauty.
i went on the porch. that warm sun. the leaves starting to break from the buds. pine needles sparkling. perspective changes everything. perspective and that great warm ball of light.
two of my kids are doing geometry as part of their math curriculum right now. and in geometry it really helps to remember perspective. looking at things differently, changing the way you see the shapes and their relationship to each other can give you insight into the problem.
on sunday morning i was making coffee and thinking about perspective alone in the kitchen and i realized (as if it were new information) that we will get back to uganda, eventually. that this time of staying at home and social distancing will eventually come to an end as all things do. that like with geometry, i can change how i look at this. i can step out of right now for a minute, look at the bigger picture where life returns to more normal (different yes but not this) and i can see hope. i can see dinner parties and faces in full view and even eventually hugging people. i can see bringing our own bags to the market again and talking with strangers at the store (even past 6pm) and other things on the news and my kids having friends to play with and peers not just parents for hours on end. but.
but i could also see the healthy changes all around that hopefully we will choose to keep. families on walks together. john krasinski's 'some good news', emphasis on others, valuing teachers, taking a hard look at the social determinants of health and the disparity and it's deep roots, choosing to change our perspective as a country.
then i stepped back into the moment. out in the yard there was a red fox. she ran from the side yard to the back yard and stayed for a few minutes while the kids and i watched her, then she ran off. a pair of canadian geese flew close overhead honking- alone together- social distancing as well. last week a coyote ran down the road in front of the house and we are surrounded by wild turkeys. gifts. beauty.
i went on the porch. that warm sun. the leaves starting to break from the buds. pine needles sparkling. perspective changes everything. perspective and that great warm ball of light.
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