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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, August 30, 2003
News
Butch called last night to tell me his daughter Amy and Chris are going to have a baby! We are so excited about this wonderful news! They will be such good parents, and we'll have another loved and welcome baby in the family. Brendan will be almost exactly a year older than their baby.
I'm catching up on paperwork since the grading period ended yesterday. I still have tests to grade that I gave yesterday and a couple of sets of papers. Mother and I are going to Kathy's Monday for Kathy's and Luke's birthday party. He'll be 5! I can't believe it. When I first saw him, he was two. She, Kelsey, Sally, and I were all born in years ending in "3" so this is a milestone year for us. Kelsey was 10 in February, Kathy was 40 August 28, Sally was 50 in April, and I'll be 60 in October. How about that? I can't believe I'm this old! When I first started teaching and looked at the teachers there who were probably younger than I am, I remember thinking I'd never teach that long and thought they were ancient. Now here I am in that group!
10:16:00 AM
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