He shall cover you
July 26, 2013
Cathy Monetti
July 26, 2013
I wish you could see the time stamp on the photos. That’s how unbelievable the phenomenon has become, this raining of feathers, this prayer answered so directly, so distinctly.
(In fact, I wouldn’t believe me if I were you.)
And still it’s true. All of it.
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The summer has passed in an instant. I fully expected it; that’s a benefit of facing Eliza’s Grand College Departure for the third time. And yet there is more this time, another layer of poignant. It has to do with the rain, I think, and the unexpected 70-degree days here in July’s thick midsection. I keep waiting for summer to arrive—true summer—so she and I can make the most of it, together. But it’s as if the season’s a late dinner guest and I’m a fretting hostess. It’s fine, no big deal I say out loud to no one at all as the voice in my head teases and taunts everything’s already ruined.
And so we are here, her end-of-summer liberation approaching fast as I (the Mom) grab desperately for mementos of June.
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It is the thought I had on my mind as I woke up this morning, a rousing that was bitter and sweet. Circumstances are such that I have been alone for two days and the entire episode has served as not much more than a sobering reminder of the emptiness of August. I chastised myself for a moment, attempting to summon strength and a quick return to the more sensible me.
Then there again, through the big kitchen window, I saw the glints on the muddy pond.
It can’t be I thought, not again.
It’s too early.
We’ve two more weeks before she goes.
And yet.
My heart was lifted again, a powerful reminder that life is good; God is good; I am loved.
The first time: September 17, 2011 the things that we believe in
The second time: May 4, 2012 Feathers, Blessing and Miracles
TheDailyGrace
TheDailyGrace is the online journal of Cathy Rigg Monetti, writer and founder of Riggs Partners in Columbia, South Carolina. It chronicles the observations of ordinary days, in an ordinary life, and how extraordinary those days become when you simply pay attention. Follow TheDailyGrace blog here , or via Facebook or Twitter.
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