The Pledge

It starts with a simple pledge, to write a page a day for the month of October. Sounds easy enough, right?! Easy enough for people whose lives have order, peace and the occasional quiet. Me, not so much. There is ALWAYS noise. The TV, incessantly spewing forth meaningless jibber-jabber that echoes throughout the house and seeps into the crevices of my gray matter. The dogs, barking barking barking at all of the innocent passers by. The birds' shrill squawks, an anti-harmonious song that lets me know the rain is near. The bearded ogre who never stops talking, it's hard to concentrate. 

Whether an entire page gets written, or not, I endeavor to write. My mind starved for the mental nourishment it provides. Use it or lose it they say, and they are right! I am grateful for being, today. Grateful for the two loves of my life who complete me in a way that only God understands and grateful for another day enveloped in their light. How great is that? 

Off I go to finish my morning ritual, broken today by the pledge. Oh, how I want to linger here all day, writing whatever it is that comes to mind, and waiting for the rain. 

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