Not so serious

My husband and I have both been seeing a holistic doctor who prescribes homeopathic remedies and other things to address emotional energy patterns and blockages. There is a brand of sprays (by SafeCare Rx) for which he tested to need “Serious,” and I tested to need “Grief.”

I can’t speak for him, but I do think my remedy and others have helped me to feel better and enjoy more of what is in front of me.

My little daughter always wants some of whatever anyone else is having and asks for a squirt if she sees us taking one. But, despite occasional temper tantrums, she mostly just loves life and needs nothing of such darkness.

She drives us crazy and hurts our ears but is great to have around when we forget to take those sprays.

Everything we need to know we forget before kindergarten

Leave it to a toddler
to remind you
that joy needs no logic.

A diaper change is
cause for opera
and giggles.

A new pair of socks
can stop tears
dead in their tracks.

And anything placed
on your head
is cause, at least,
for a surprised gasp,
and usually
sheer delight.

Leave it to a toddler
to remind you
that joy needs no logic.

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After casting aside my poetry hat for far too long, my NaBloPoMo plan is to write a poem — and to take and post a photo — every day in November, spending less than half an hour on both. The hope is to drill down, to focus, to look for and create beauty.

Day 1: Eleven One

Day 2: Shoreline

Day 3: Damage

Day 4: On Parenting and Sunrises

Day 5: When will we?

Day 6: Voting Line

Day 7: What I want my children to learn from me

Day 8: Haiku

Day 9: Reminders

Day 10: Routine

Day 11: Lux Esto, in moderation

Day 12: Family Photo Shoot at (nearly) 4o