Whats new to my world?
My daughter graduated 7th grade yesterday. What a time n life for both of us. Its such a mix of emotion. I flip back and forth from sad to happy. The part of me that never wants her to grow up is sad and the rest of me is excited for her. I love the person she has grown to be minus all her sass. lol
Then beginning today my book Womens Obsession with Shoes is off on a book blog tour through the Orangeberry Book Tours. Later I will add the schedule. Today it is at Peace from Pieces.I am almost finished with a new painting I have not yet named. An acrylic of a northern lake/bog with a woman hand drumming.
Below I have added a poem I wrote recently regarding my daughter growing up.
In the Middle
Through halls of
unwritten law,
I walk
with uneven steps
behind footprints of change
listening
I walk
with uneven steps
behind footprints of change
listening
to her dramas of song
with no manual or
directions to guide.
I walk a slippery line
with no manual or
directions to guide.
I walk a slippery line
trying to keep up
guessing
on when she needs love
and
when to lay down the law.
guessing
on when she needs love
and
when to lay down the law.
I see
the girl no more
grown heads above mine
eyeing the tree she once climbed
the child left behind.
the girl no more
grown heads above mine
eyeing the tree she once climbed
the child left behind.
© River Urke 2013
