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The Waking
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I cannot go.
We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Of those so close beside me, which are you?
God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,
And learn by going where I have to go.
Light takes the Tree, but who can tell us how?
The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Great Nature has another thing to do
To you and me; so take the lively air,
And, lovely, learn by going where to go.
This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.
--Theodore Roethke
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Joy's Updates - Straight from the Horse's Mouth.
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Saturday, September 07, 2002
Straight From the Horse's (Son's) Mouth
Brian again: I have just returned from the hospital and Mom's surgery went well. They cleaned out and removed a lot of infected matter from her neck and upper chest. Despite the after-surgery feeling she says that this is the best she has felt in two weeks. They brought her back to her room around 12:15 today and she ate some broth, jello and juices.
I'm going back to see her tonight so I should have an update either late tonight or early in the morning. She's not ready for any visitors just yet but she wants me to tell all of you how much your thoughts and prayers mean to her.
She's going to have a talk with her oncologist soon about what this means for the future of her chemotherapy.
3:22:00 PM
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