Waiting...

I was going through my closet the other day looking for something I couldn't find.  What I found were a few old journals.  In them is some interesting blog fodder that I'll be sharing now and then.  Since I have nothing to post about today I thought this would be a good time to share something from the journals.

I wrote this (poem?) (observation of life?) (crap?) about 15 years ago but think it's very appropriate for how I'm feeling today, as I wait for the phone to ring...

Waiting...

to go to school

for Christmas

for summer

to go back to school again

to graduate

for summer

to get a job

to get married

to move away

to get a job

to move back

to get a job

to buy a new house

to leave

for him to leave

too long -- nothing happens

to get pregnant

to have the baby

for the baby to stop crying

for the baby to get older

to be happy again

for something to happen...

to realize much has happened while waiting.

What are you waiting for?!

Comments

[Meg B]

That's very cool and very true. It's hard to stop waiting and realize stuff's going on while you're waiting for other stuff to happen.

[Lisa]

That's a lovely poem, Tammy. It's bittersweet and squishes my heart in the sad spots.

I'm waiting to leave ... in the next five minutes ... for a meeting at the Literacy Center. After a month off, I start back to my PT job of site coordinator for the literacy center. That's bittersweet, too. :o)

[Mental P Mama]

Always waiting for something or another...aren't we? Funny animals we humans....

[Chrissy]

The waiting drove me mad, your finally here and I'm a mess.

[Liz C.]

Second try on this comment....

I love coming across old things I've written and I love yours.

You seriously do not want to see my list. It goes on forever...

[Bill S.]

How so very true - not happy with what is happening, but always waiting. One of my mottos - Live life do not just exist.