Mere Moments

from Out With Lanterns

The light in the oak
lasted mere moments
and that’s all we have
so short this time
let’s admire it
dance under it
nothing’s done wrong
that is done with love

Hi friends,

Today’s poem is a shortie because Sunny, our sweet golden retriever, had to have a third emergency surgery this afternoon. She was born with a deformation in her intestines, and we’ve almost lost her a few times. It looks like she will pull through (again), but today was a day. She’ll be in the vet hospital tonight and maybe tomorrow, then hopefully home for a long recovery.

Tonight after take out burritos, we played scrabble to try to distract ourselves. This oak tree is outside of our dining room window, and for a brief moment, the light came in so beautifully. The telephone wires look, to me, like lines on a page. The fourth line down is my favorite section. I wrote this little poem on my phone in between scrabble words, because difficult times like these remind me how important it is to be grateful for even the shortest blips of beauty. Below is a picture of our sweet girl.

xox

Julie

Our Sweet Sunny