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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, June 11, 2005
One Funeral and a Wedding
I went to the funeral for Dorothy Allen (Ted's and Ronny's mother) in Charlotte. I have taught with Ted for quite a while. He teaches AP US History and government. His brother Ronny and I were in the same graduating class, so we've seen each other at reunions. His wife Linda used to read my blog, and we email occasionally. It's a shame it's under those circumstances, but it's good to see people and their families. The service was really nice. Ted's sister Sue's husband is a minister and led the service along with Robert Cullom, the minister of the church she attended.
This afternoon Tom and Kitty Mayo married each other again after being divorced around five years. It was at Fagan's Chapel Methodist Church where Mother and lots of my family attend. It's the church I grew up in but with a new building. It feels right for Tom and Kitty to be back together. I'm glad they are.
6:07:00 PM
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