Sticks and Snow
and jumping in leaves.
YeP.
This is my new singsong, my shhhhh, my slow it down reminder, ’cause sometimes,
ooooh, sometimes …
when holiday commercials appear on my tv days before Halloween arrives,
when holly jolly tunes take over my radio and wait??!!? what ??!!? enters my vibe,
when seasonal decorations light the neighborhood, and I’m just now beginning to think I should begin to think about turkey
& urgh.
Being the forever procrastinator, I will then hem, haw and hmmm my way to calculating the many things I need to accomplish before
ahhhh, geez.
!! I’ll never get everything done !!
NEVER. EVER.
EV-ER
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
It is precisely here, here in this ohmygosh whatwillIdo howwillIdo moment, where I will turn me down a notch and hum
Sticks
and snow
and jumping in leaves.
& thank the little kids who s l o w e d their movements (and their caretakers) down to a snail-paced crawl,
collecting those must have sticks,
drawing smiles in that late October snow,
pleading can I can I ?? to the monster leaf pile placed in the park for that go ahead and dooooo urge.
YeP.
No need to panic, panicky me, for it will allll get done, ’cause it Always. Gets. Done.
and I have 47 fantastically wonderful days ahead to
ahhhh.
Enjoy.
🙂