there are things i want to tell you
little me, 2 years old
I want to tell you about the mushroom sauce my mother made tonight that I want to bottle and eat every single day. I want to tell you about how my whole body feels lighter each time Ellie communicates with more words. I want to tell you about how much Poem It Out is helping me focus on what I feel called to do in this world. I want to tell you about how being in community with people who love poetry is filling an empty place I didn't realize I had right in the middle of my body. I want to tell you about the glass of water I just drank and how it slipped across my tongue and slid down into my belly. I want to tell you about how I have stepped outside my internal perceptions about what I can do and have ended up cheering out loud. I want to tell you about how luxurious it feels to have someone else do my laundry. I want to tell you about how I didn't know I needed to let someone else do some things for a bit so I could come back to center. I want to tell you about how it really is okay to say yes and then no. I want to tell you about the sound of the rain pounding against the roof and how it somehow invites in a sense of calm. I want to tell you about the intense beauty of scanning old photos knowing I will always have them. I want to tell you about the peace I feel each time I look at this photo of the little girl me.
Sometimes making a list is the best gift you can give yourself.
little me in make a list.
Reader Comments (14)
I want to tell you that I love this.
Reading your posts and seeing your pics of you sinking into your center and welcoming help have been so inspiring...a reminder to slow down and fill myself up with the goodness that's right here. Thank you.
Love this so much-- what a nourishing read at the beginning of my day.
Reading this makes me so super happy.
To know that you are taking care of you,
And being taken care of.
Revel in it. Rest in it. Enjoy it, mama! You deserve this kind of lovin. xo
remember how it rained and rained at pen and paper, but how each of us would sit, as we gathered together and soak up the sound. the beat of the rain on the roof, giving us each a big calm
i love this list. and you are so right. a gift.
beautiful!
it is raining here right now...in seattle..a quiet calm to start my day....I enjoy it.
simply
word. so full of happy sighs as i read this.
simply wonderful and so happy for all the wonders that are happening within and around you!! xoxo
this is so lovely!
I want to tell you how poem it out is amazing! I am soaking up each and every post. You have such a gift dear friend.
I want to tell you about how it is raining here in the desert, too. So lovely and so rare a thing here. As are you, a rare and bejeweled pearl of a girl with a gift for lifting others up immeasurably in ways they didn't even know they needed. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I love that you are owning your goddess / poet place in the world, Liz. This post makes me smile - big.
xoxo.nona
such a lovely reflection and sharing of yourself. i have a sense of 'ahhh' after reading your words.
and really, i second what jenna wrote above...it so perfectly describes what i'm thinking/feeling right now...