Thank you to all of you that stuck with me through lent as I wrote and processed the prayer of St. Ephrem. It was one of the best lents I have had in a long time, and I think all that writing was good for me to carry the prayer around with me all day.
So now I am considering what is my writing to be about without the wise words of St. Ephrem to guide me.
The baby is sleeping through the night now. I mean like 12 hrs straight sleeping. And I suddenly dont have the dying craving need for caffeine in the afternoon. I feel like cleaning, like organizing, like getting stuff done on my to do list.
But I still need to take a moment. I still need to sit, to reflect, to get keep a little holy space in the middle of my day.
So I put the kids down for rest time and I make my little cup of tea and I sit. I check email, I click on totally stupid links from facebook, I find very useful ideas on pinterest. But the best thing is I just sit and am here to think for just a big and rest.
And I need to write.
I don't know what the topic will be, but I need to take some time and put down on paper (or screen) the thoughts, ideas and memories swirling in my mind.
So I will come back here with more writing. Maybe you will be here reading.
I am open to suggestions. Stories, meditations, musings? Let me know in the comments and maybe it will kick me into my next writing goal.
You should write whatever you want or need to write, and if it's interesting to someone (I'm sure it will be!), then she'll read it. :-)
ReplyDeleteI was encouraged by this:
"So I put the kids down for rest time and I make my little cup of tea and I sit. I check email, I click on totally stupid links from facebook, I find very useful ideas on pinterest. But the best thing is I just sit and am here to think for just a big and rest."
Because I need that so much, too, but I often feel guilty about it. About the part of just clicking around to silly links and such. My quiet time is so limited, I should use it to the maximum effectiveness, right? Hah! It seems that I can't write or do anything useful, until after I've had some empty time... and by then my world is often ready to move on again at full speed ahead.