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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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Sunday, March 06, 2005
Kids
Two of the reasons students are fat in America has to do with school lunches and cuts in PE programs. One of the teachers who used to work for a food distribution company said that prisons get better food than schools do. We get the worst of them all. Almost everything is pre-prepared and contains weird chemicals as well as sugar, fat, and all kinds of bad stuff. Then at home many of them eat fast food and sit around playing computer games and watching TV all the time. We need to do something about this because diabetes and heart trouble have become epidemic with adults and kids.
I know about this since I've done it myself for the last several years. Dr. Ross (internist) has warned me about it and told me to eat a low-carb diet and to exercise. I'm going public admitting that I need to do this, so maybe it will shame me into it. I go back to see him Tuesday when he'll fuss at me.
Mother and I have appointments with our dental hygienist tomorrow in Green Hills. We're planning to meet Melissa and Brendan for lunch. If Brendan is holding up well, we'll go somewhere for him to play. He talked to me on the phone tonight and said, "go play with the children." That is what we call it when he plays at Bellevue in the play area.
Brian, Melissa, and I are also working out plans to visit Kathy. The girls are reading the Lemony Snicket books with a vengance. I gave Kelsey some for Christmas and her birthday and then sent some more to them recently and will give the rest of them to Kari for her birthday next month. Kathy said she heard another one was coming out soon. To even things out, I'm sending Luke money to get a game for his Gameboy or their GameCube.
Grandchildren are wonderful!
10:33:00 PM
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