after reading Michelle's post with the Wisdom of Heather Cox Richardson,  i was thrown back to those days that were such a personal nightmare,  the last years of the person i was married to.  How he actually used the technique of chaos.  And i remembered what held me then was the determination to NOT LET HIM TAKE my SELF from me.   That no matter,  no matter the outcome,  i would not let him take my Self from me.  I would Stand.  Stand in my Self and face whatever it might be.  and i thought of this reading her words,  her

W isdom.  W is for wisdom.  and i thought that no matter the outcome,  i will NOT let my Self be taken from me.  I will go forward inside the self of whatever it is i understand to be Right and i will not give up.

and then W went on to washing more scraps and lying them out to dry.

and then W was for WOOD,  nearing the last of the pile.  Splitting.  Bringing in for Warmth.  W again.

 

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and then the rest of the day was W also.

W for wishing,  W for wanting,  

W for Waiting.   and Waiting   and Waiting

until the phone call.

the Without a doubt ultrasound.  W is for without a doubt.

we have a Girl.  

i could write that a thousand times and with a zillion eeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEs…..We have a girl.

I have no idea what this really means to me,  but it means a LOT.   Somehow it gives it all the edge it needs.    If i'd been asked ahead of time about anyone  having another child,  i would have voted no.  Not now.  Not in this present world.  No.  No more.  But i wasn't asked and really,  no one was asked.  Alyssia wasn't asked.  There was simply an Appearance.  There was the decision about what to do about that Appearance.  and there was no real WILL  to "do" anything.  And the days went along until time was up and there was just going.   

and now….here we have it.  A girl child is floating in that Womb.  and it's beyond

Wonder FULL.

  

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32 responses to “W is for many things”

  1. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    W is for welcome to the new girl child. May she grow up to know no walls, she certainly will be growing up with Wise Women.

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  2. Deb Avatar

    The world needs more women.

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  3. grace Avatar

    you can say that again

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  4. Liz A Avatar

    Congratulations to you and yours … a girl!

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    let that new born girl bring the wisdom with her …. congratulations to give birth to her !!!!thank you

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  6. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    W is for Wonder full and the fullness of Wonder, for the Warmth of your home, for the Wisdom it takes to Wait. W is for all beings Wandering and Wishing. W is Waking to each new day With love in your heart of hearts.

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  7. jude Avatar

    these times are such an opportunity to learn about this life, this world and the miracle we call love.

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  8. cynthia Avatar
    cynthia

    and she will be woven into the texture you have created…many heartfelt welcomes…i am sitting here smiling ..thinking of all the anticipation that will grow here as we await her arrival..so happy for all of you …such a joyful time
    gentle day grace

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  9. margaret johnson Avatar
    margaret johnson

    Wonderful News, warmest congratulations….ox

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  10. Patriciaspangler47@gmail.com Avatar

    Love this Grace. Powerful and very very uplifting. Yesterday i was struck with the image you in the a.m. Coming out of your sleep sensing the darkness over our land. And this morning i am heartened and empowered by the image of you–your scrappy self–your Warrior self–declaring your refusal to succumb. Thank you for this.

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  11. Linda Avatar

    eeeeeee
    a girl!

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  12. Martine Bos Avatar

    a little girl for Alyssia
    i already love her……………

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  13. Els Avatar

    W is for wonderful !
    (you’re Wonderful and so is the new girl 😉 !)

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  14. handstories Avatar

    & for Wonder – the marvel of all of this.

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  15. grace Avatar

    how amazing it is to me….to imagine Her…..i am still
    floating in realizing what’s happening

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  16. grace Avatar

    the girls are Coming……….

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  17. grace Avatar

    yes….it’s magic, Maria, isn’t it.

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  18. grace Avatar

    o….it’s still so new a thread of thinking

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  19. grace Avatar

    i will learn MORE of the thing of Love

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  20. grace Avatar

    the day became gentle
    they are an antidote, aren’t they…..

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  21. grace Avatar

    thank you, margaret
    Love to you

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  22. grace Avatar

    there remains those two
    but the declaring cuts the edge, the refusal is grounding
    and now, all the more reason

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  23. grace Avatar

    oh yes,
    Well, Well Well

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  24. grace Avatar

    yes….eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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  25. grace Avatar

    i love thinking of Alyssia having a
    daughter.
    Just love this so much…..

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  26. grace Avatar

    and speaking of Wonder, i wonder if you might make
    a small felt Goat that i could gift her with? I’ll email you.

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  27. grace Avatar

    i feel like just spinning and whispering Wonder Wonder Wonder

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  28. Nancy Avatar

    Ahhhh!!! A new little one! Perhaps a new wild woman with a wonder-filled heart, whispering to all of us, “Please continue the Work, stand strong, I’ll be here soon”.
    Blessings to you all!

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  29. grace Avatar

    as i’ve said…if i’d been asked, i would have so much said
    NO. no more now. not with how it is. But as it came to be,
    there was no asking and now…there is such a different energy,
    how a new human coming In can change that energy….
    Everything has opened up….wide open. And yes….for Her.

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  30. Joy Avatar
    Joy

    Congrats. Girls rock!

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  31. Wendy@ Late StartStudio Avatar

    I hesitate to point out the obvious but hey! Why not? Why is pretty good too if Want doesn’t surface. I loved this old post . . . Here I am catching up again. ❤️

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