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I want to get up and move I want to walk I want to run I want to jump and dance and swim. I can I just don’t.
I spend my days either working a job or cleaning the house. I write and knit and think about creating. This is where I push myself I haven’t finished anything.
Right now I am stuck on a story the muse behind it has petered out and the characters didn’t obey to write the scene still stuck in my mind.
But it is Thursday and I am watching my exuberant son get put through his paces in the gym.
Coach Jason has him hanging under a balance beam and crawling the length of it while he holds my son's feet. My son is beaming at the world.
Now the boys are holding a large foam cube above their heads and bouncing on the trampoline. Now standing and stretching as high as they can while doing toe raises balanced against the wall. This will go on with mY son smiling an ear to ear grin the whole time for a full hour.
While I watch this I am aware of the fact that my daughter is swimming a few miles away just finishing up the first 30 minutes of her two hour practice. She does this 4 to 5 times a week.
These are not things we chose for them they chose them for themselves.
Well tonight I will finish my cloth origami coaster prototype. After I ferry the children home again. Get them to finish their homework and go to bed.
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I too am envious of the exercise my children get. I could fit it in, but always at the sacrifice of something else. Sometimes freewill and choice are hard.
ReplyDeleteWell written Vicki. I can see your viewpoint fitting in well with my own experiences. You spoke to me.
Thank you I wrote as I mentioned while Griffin was in his class and I was watching. I really just let it flow. some times that really works.
ReplyDeleteYou really put us there with you. I have been feeling this way, too. Slowly getting there and I do wish I had even an ounce of their energy to do the things they do.
ReplyDeleteLiked how you wrote this and how you wrote while watching Griffin. We should all keep our notebooks handy...