Archives for December 2007

Day of Reckoning

December 3, 2007 by Alison Hodgson 3 Comments

My mother-in-law is on her way with a broom and an overnight bag. She is planning to stay and help me clean until Paul returns tomorrow night.

I really don’t know what to say. I’m not able to describe to you the force that is being unleashed in my home. Picture Atila the Hun.

Am I frightened?

Yes.

This is me girding up my loins.

I am going to go free base some Vitamin B.

The good news is that any of you will soon be able (and welcome!) to have surgery performed on any surface of my home.

This might be my last post.

December 2, 2007 by Alison Hodgson Leave a Comment

Chistopher just asked me, “Did you notice I became like a kid again at the Children’s Museum, today?”

I just smiled.

He’s twelve.

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December 2, 2007 by Alison Hodgson Leave a Comment

My Little Bird is sitting on the bed beside me alternating between working on her Christmas list (what to give) and a poem.

I love that, and her.

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For Andy and Sherry

December 2, 2007 by Alison Hodgson 1 Comment

On the day of his mother’s burial.

All mankind is of one Author, and is one volume; when one Man dies, one Chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every Chapter must be so translated; God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice; but God’s hand is in every translation; and his hand shall bind up all our scattered leaves again, for that Library where every book shall lie open to one another.

John Donne

from XVII. Meditation