Sizzling

The whole kitchen is sizzling with the frying off food. I started to slice potatoes for us and thought of using the electric slicer but then thought it is 6:30 in the morning on a Sunday I think I will keep it quiet. So sausages are frying and potatoes, the tea kettle is on the kitchen is sizzling with joy this Sunday morning.

Lapses

Writing takes time sometimes, there are times it just flows out of me but mostly that is music that does that naturally. I think all the time but to put it into words is sometimes just hard and I should talk not write as my friend Muriel told me about a particularly long e-mail I wrote to her. We have been e-mailing each other almost daily since we lived in Minnesota 8 to 9 years....we have been friends since before Ruth and her daughter Kara were born. They are 1 month apart. We shared the joy of making maternity clothes together, going to  a fabric outlet in Dallas together. So many memories of shared living. That has happened last weekend with me. We went to Jess's to see the grandboy. What a joy it is to see him grow. I met a new women this morning as I was walking around the lake. She and her friend are walking buddies and walk together daily 4 miles which is what I want to get up to. Anyway we talked of being Grandmothers. This quote is from Elizabeth Goudge's book Pilgrim Inn
" I read somewhere, and it is quite true, that to know perfect happiness a woman may be a mother, but must be a grandmother"
It is so true.. as the new friend said you just can't explain it, it is just to full to be told but must be told more b/c I think many may forget that to get to this point one must mother also.
I am enjoying this part of life the grandmothering part but may not be getting it quite right. It is tiring to come and go and that may be the part. I try to cook, and help when I really should just enjoy. It could be the Mary and Martha problem.  Sitting is not in my bones and it could very well be what I need the most.