Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Just a Few More Days and Then...

Just a few more days
To run next door to Imma
For a chat, a snack, a play,
 A break from our small space

Just a few more days
For getting up early
 Going to school
At the end of the road

Just a few more days
Of close living
Cosy living room fires
Nova Scotia treelines, rocky and wild

Just a few more days
Of living close to family
Slow living open to many
Hours with friends

Just a few more days
To pack up belongings 
Wrap up involvements
Fold away friendships

Just a few more days
To begin moving
Hearts and thoughts
To our new home coming

Just a few more days
To live well
In the oasis
Of this in-between time

And then...
A winter road trip
In a packed car
Traveling far

And then...
A reaching for old memories
Remembering life
In this new-old place

And then...
Reaching past fear
Choosing to love
Engage, connect

And then...
New-old house and church
New friends and hopefully 
Some old ones too

And then...
A settling in
Finding our place
And purpose for the now

And then...
Learning again to live
Far from Family
Friends across the miles

And then...
Starting again
Yet not - we've been here
We know and are known

Monday, February 02, 2015

Early Morning Poetry

My Little Brother's Breakfast

By Grace, Jasmin, Imma


First of all I'll find a spoon
About the setting of the moon,
Two hands to lift a jar of jam
What a big strong boy I am!
Spread the jam across the table
Next I think I'll get a bagel.
"Crush!" the bagel in the jam
Now I'll eat it if I can.
Yummy, messy, jammy bite
Oops! I forgot to turn on the light!

Inspired by Aiden's pre-dawn self-help breakfast as discovered by Jasmin.