See you tomorrow

Quote of the day

Don't ever slam a door; you might want to go back. Don Herold (Received today from CCIE - timing is everything if one believes in signs)

I am humming all the while I do things about the house, making up the tunes as I go along. Sometimes, I become quite loud, and I notice that there is a rhythmic, repetitive tone, back and forth, back and forth. 

Humming while I: 

• wash dishes, 
• prepare Ada's food, 
• clean out the coffee machine, 
• freshen up the cat litter box, 
• pile laundry into the washer, 
• light candles and incense for watering plants, 
• feed the birds,
• water the yard.

This morning I noticed the humming while I squeezed fresh grapefruit juice to drink with my daily vitamins, and suddenly I remembered the rhythmic, repetitive tones of singing and humming of my nanny and the servants as they polished the floors and cleaned the house when I was a very young child growing up in Africa. The memory came to me in a flash, as vivid as can be. I stood still, silently in the kitchen remembering - I could hear the sounds, smell the smells of Africa, and feel the soothing vibrations of the humming and singing as I would lie in my bed with flu, or whatever, enjoying a day off from school. 

My mind wanders to my mother calling out in lilting sing-song tones, "See you in the morning," each night as she kissed me goodnight when I was a child. Leaving my 92-year-old mother a few weeks ago in Israel to return to Philadelphia, not knowing when we will meet again, we said to each other with tears in our eyes, "See you tomorrow" - a newly adopted expression of comfort that one of her great grandchildren came up with when sadly and anxiously parting from loved ones.

Memories come from hidden corners of my brain, rising up when I least expect them, reminding me of my deepest sources of strength and comfort. 

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Memories come from hidden corners of my brain, rising up when I least expect them, reminding me of my deepest sources of strength and comfort. Im totally agree
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[tamarika]

sky - thank you for your kind words, and for sharing the connections you made with what I wrote.

Donna - you have always shed a different perspective for me about my self-explorations. You've done it again! Thank you.

[sky]

this post was such a source of joy to read! the music in your heart is bountiful and splashes out into your present. it is interesting that it has always been a part of your life. your inner joy must be contagious, even through this virtual connection!

i know the feelings of parting with no knowledge of the next encounter. it was always very hard for me in that moment.

[Donna]

Your memories and how they return to you give me a lot of comfort somehow.

I'm sure that it was very difficult for you to leave your mother this time, on many levels and for many reasons. You have honored her with your courage... do you know that?