Rest. Peace.

I'm contemplating more rest today. Listening to the gentle summer rain - my joints are really aching today, but I still appreciate the soothing sounds of the rain. Last eve I had planned to attend a community seminar, which might have bene interesting. Instead, I chose to sit in the stacks at the library, leaf through magazines, and rest. I was glad to have had the ability to make that choice - and surprised I made it that way!

Looking at the finances for the fall. I have the ability to embark on some new part-time jobs, but I'm wondering if time home with Maille, time home for rest, is the way I should be headed in the fall with new preschool for Maille, new job for me. Too many changes at once make me cranky.

Been listening to the music of Sufjan Stevens lately. Speaking to me rather cryptically as I go about my day. Vito's Ordination song is soothing and comforting....

Vito's Ordination Song :

I always knew you

in your mothers arms

i have called your name

i have an idea

placed in your mind

to be a better man

ive made a crown for you

put it in your room

and when the bride groom comes

there will be noise

there will be glad

and a perfect bed

and when you write a poem

i know the words

i know the sounds

before you write it down

only wear your clothes

i wear them too

i wear your shoes

and your jacket too

i always knew you

in your mothers arms

i have called you son

ive made amends

between father and son

or if you havent one

rest in my arms

sleep in my bed

there is a design

to what i did and said