Small Stone # 23

A doctor’s appointment which

could only be scheduled

during the school day

represents a gift of time I

didn’t expect, a stolen hour

together

made complete by our

mischievous conspiracy

to eat takeaway ice-creams

in the car

before we

slip,

without a ripple,

back into the patterns of our day

Small Stone #17

First day back at school;

I tell my boys the night

before, I remember when

you were born.

Was I this big, they ask,

hands apart. This big?

No, I say, you were bigger

than that, though not nearly

so big as you are today.

The first half of my pieces from Small Stones January 2013, a mindfulness technique whereby participants are asked to take a little time each day and really focus on something - actual object, feeling - and write about it in a short piece. It's been a fantastic exercise for me, and is something I would like to consider continuing even once January ( Read more... )