I've been sick and oh-so-tired long enough now I'm ready to be well Well enough to grocery shop and chit-chat with the checker The checker says "How are you doing today, ma'am?" I say "I'm doing well, thank you." What I don't say is "I'm sorry. I know... I'm doing well sounds dreadfully formal. Borderline pretentious. But one of my grandmothers would disown me if I said I'm doing good. And please don't call me ma'am." but I think it Then I wonder if a dead person can disown you or if dying is a kind of disowning in itself Does dying free the living from following the dead person's rules? Maybe it depends on the person the people both the deceased and the left-behind I am not well enough to solve this mystery to push a cart up and down aisles to write a decent poem So here, have this, instead whatever it is Have this So you know, dear reader, I'm not doing well but I am thinking of you I'm always thinking of you
I’m not good at being sick. This is day ten, but it feels like day fifty. The fever is gone, along with the aching joints, the congestion, and the sneezes (so many sneezes!), but my energy remains at an all-time-low. Well, except for the first trimester when I was pregnant with my son. I would curl up in the dark little cove under my teaching desk and nap while the kids were at recess.
The worst part of my current condition is my brain seems to have taken a permanent vacation. Maybe this is her idea of spring break. Oh well, no matter. Thank you, dear reader, for bearing with me. This can’t last much longer can it? Just in case, brace yourself for more mediocre poetry and loads of self-pity.
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Sending healing vibes your way... and two years after my mother's passing I am still working my way through which of her rules made sense and which were just controlling.
Caitlin, “Then I wonder if a dead person can disown you
or if dying is a kind of disowning in itself
Does dying free the living
from following the dead person's rules?” Totally 💯 brilliant. Leslie