Push or Be Patient
My family and I are on baby watch. We are excited, worried, sympathetic, and keeping our cell phones right next to our bodies. This isn’t the first time for but this time, at least I am within 75 miles of the delivery area.
I want to pester people for updates but doing so isn’t going to make anything go faster. We just have to trust that we will get news when there is something to know. Meanwhile, we go about our day doing the things we want to accomplish while we are at the ready. It has put me in a strange perspective, in that I am constantly feeling time is slipping away but I am content to wait.
Heralding Skies 18×24
I am not young, but I am not old enough to put down everything I want to achieve. I know that my time is limited but I also realize that sometimes we must recognize that things happen when they happen. That doesn't mean you shouldn’t try for something but understanding that getting hyper emotional or even stressed is worth the energy. Everyday, I see reminders of what I want to do but I also know that I can’t have everything I want right now.
I want to spend a week or two in an area with red rocks so I can paint. I can’t afford it right now. I want to take workshops from artists that I admire where they live, now is not the time. It can happen and I will keep trying to make it happen, again; I will have to wait a little while longer. It is alright, babies and travel will come when they can. In the interim, I am going to work in my garden and wait by the phone. Keep your fingers crossed that this kid wants to arrive during the day so that everyone can get plenty of sleep.