My Song — by Lisa Vaden
YAY! Reunited with a “Lost” Love!!
Life has a funny way of talking to you… if you are open to listening.
I woke up this morning at
It was a scheduled outage so the power company could work on some stuff
underground. I just forgot about it
until it happened.
And I really wouldn’t have had a problem with it except… I had not made
my morning coffee yet!!
I’ve got no problems with sitting around pondering, listening and
writing by candlelight. It is actually
how I start most days, minus the candlelight.
It is just that my morning cup of coffee makes it soooooo
much better!!!
And so I find myself sitting here pondering what am I gonna do about my missing coffee?
I considered getting in my car and driving to the nearest 7-11 to grab a
cup of life affirming coffee. That
warmed me up and I could even smell and taste the coffee…
And then I remembered that my building’s parking garage door is electric
of all things so I couldn’t even get out if I were willing to make the trip!
On a positive note, at least I remembered this before sitting face to
face with a door that wouldn’t budge!
Talk about frustrating! That
might have pushed me over the edge. I
might have actually tried to duke it out with a door that was poised to win
from the start!
Just kidding! I don’t need coffee that bad. Honest!
But still, I really like my first cup of coffee to get me started.
Now what?
I guess I am realizing that it is going to be a little while before I
get a cup of coffee and I am just gonna have to
figure out a way to be comfortable with where I am…and if I am really good,
I’ll find a way to create/experience something neat and fun, or at least
entertaining, about my whole sich (aka situation).
Ok. What exactly is life trying
to tell me?
How about: detach Lisa. You need to detach from everyone and
everything just for a little while and be with you.
Or how about: slow down for a
little while. There is practically
NOTHING else to do in the dark at
Or how about: play a little
bit. See the humor in your sich.
Playing, huh?
I like that!
How about this…
Ode* to My Morning Cup of Coffee
Oh how I enjoy smelling your freshly brewed aroma flittering throughout
my home each morning.
It tickles my nose, warms my toes and makes me believe ~ today is gonna be a great day!
A touch of cream, a tad of sugar…it doesn’t take too much to make my
heart sing.
I miss you so, and I will never take you for granted again.
Come back to me and you will see… you and me belong together.
Never do I want to wake again and not be greeted by my very best friend!
This time apart has made me see what you really mean to me.
Thank you for being in my life.
And if I didn’t know any better, I would think you are my wife!
The End
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*I had to look up ‘ode’ to make sure it was the right word that I wanted
to use to convey what I wanted to say.
Did you know that an ode is defined as a poem intended to be sung? I didn’t.
Now I do. Isn’t life grand? Oh yea, try picturing me singing the above to
my morning cup of coffee. I practically
did once we were finally reunited!!
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And poof! Just like magic my
electricity came back on!!
Seriously, I laid down what I was writing and rushed to my beloved
coffee maker’s side to get my morning coffee brewing…just in case the power
company wasn’t really finished.
And can I just tell you…that was the best darn cup of coffee I think I
have ever had!
Sometimes you just don’t know what you have got…until it is gone.
The good thing is what is really yours always comes back!!
Life talks.
Are you listening?
Until next time…
— © Lisa Vaden, My Song
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