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Tamara Wellons
Authentic and Lovingly Open
Archive for February, 2010
The B-Word
The B-Word
My three year old daughter came to my bedroom, where I was relentlessly cleaning and confided in me. She told me that she wanted to tell me something, but I might get mad. She held her head down in shame for her thoughts. Finally she said, “It’s a b-word.”
What was she talking about? I said, “Ok, someone said a bad word?” She was silent. I assumed she or her siblings had discovered a new curse word. I was ready for this. I went easy with, “Butt?” She said no. I said, “Well, what was the word? You can tell Mommy.” She whispered, “Bored. I’m bored.”
I laughed inside, thinking about what I drilled into my children’s little minds. I tell them, “You must not have a brain if you are bored. Bored is a bad word in this house. There is always something to do. What does your imagination have to say about that?!”
Though, I don’t want to them to confuse boredom with quietness or stillness. Being quiet and still is ok. That’s tomorrow’s lesson. Well, for her and for me, I immediately stopped what I was doing and spent the next two hours playing hide and seek, zoom, airplane on mommy’s feet, anything I could think of. Anything but bored…
A Little Touch of Heaven
It’s snowing in Washington, D.C.
For a lot of people, this is the dreaded peak of winter. For me, snow days are a little touch of heaven. I remember as a young girl lying on the floor of our cozy den watching the snow fall from our huge window. The feeling of beauty gently rushing towards me would give me such a rush. Not a rush like standing on that old wooden bridge as the black and rusted freight train ran below me. I was never brave enough to stand still and watch it. I always ran fast just before it went under. But that snow was like a little touch of heaven falling on my face, I cherished it then and now. It is the beauty of nature. Not only that, with everything cancelled and closed, this gives me the opportunity to finish, to clean, to organize, to rest, and play, all in one weekend.
Thank you God.
