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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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Tuesday, July 08, 2003
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Kathy's mother died this morning. She's 81 and has had Alzheimers for a long time and was in assisted living. During the last few months she's gotten worse and was moved to a nursing home where she continued to get worse. The funeral will be Thursday.
I wish times had been different then, but I'm grateful to her for bringing Kathy up so well and loving her. Kathy is a very good mother herself and must have had a good example. Reunion is a strange situation with no guidelines. Kathy told me that she's glad she has another mother she knows and loves. So am I.
Right now my thoughts are with Kathy and her family during their loss. I know how hard it is to lose a parent.
4:40:00 PM
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