I've had a cough all week. A trip to the doctor yesterday = bronchitis bordering on pneumonia. The antibiotic is BRUTAL (never had it before) so I am in bed for a couple of days.
Amy Grant has always been a favorite of mine. We're about the same age and she feels like one of those "friends I don't know but love." I happened across a video today; she quoted a poem that she wrote, at her mom's request, on aging. Amy wrote it when she was 21 but she was amazed at how closely she "nailed it." I agree. Just had to share - maybe someone in my phase of life can relate today. 🙂
"It occurred to me this morning as I washed this face of mine,
How quickly come the changes with a little passing time.
A wrinkle here, a hair turned gray, a not-so-lilting step.
I see me growing older, but i don't quite feel it yet.
At times I nearly feel my age, at others I'm sixteen,
So full am I of all the thoughts and feelings in between.
How quickly come the changes with a little passing time.
A wrinkle here, a hair turned gray, a not-so-lilting step.
I see me growing older, but i don't quite feel it yet.
At times I nearly feel my age, at others I'm sixteen,
So full am I of all the thoughts and feelings in between.
Who would have thought the road of life would twist and turn so much?
The journey makes me strong and weak and tender to the touch.
And so this day I face the choice that I have faced each day,
Will I be open? Teachable? Unafraid of change?
And so this day I face the choice that I have faced each day,
Will I be open? Teachable? Unafraid of change?
Yes.
I will embrace this moment, forgive my past mistakes.
And remember that just showing up is sometimes all it takes.
I'll seek the kind of beauty that time cannot erase,
Wisdom and experience resting on my face." - Amy Grant
And remember that just showing up is sometimes all it takes.
I'll seek the kind of beauty that time cannot erase,
Wisdom and experience resting on my face." - Amy Grant
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