A Thousand Tiny Nows

Today I am grateful for my stepson Arthur and for our dog Oliver. Both celebrate birthdays today and both bring much to appreciate to our family.

My sister for real and my sister in writing-Aileen-wrote this poem for her blog last week:

A Thousand Tiny Nows*
If a thousand tiny nows
rained down on me
I wouldn't know 
what to do.
But one tiny now,
that I can do,
including this moment
when my cat Oscar
insists on communing 
with the keyboard.
The next tiny now
holds the sound
of Canada geese.
Before long
a hundred tiny nows
create a day.

*Stolen from a greeting card-"Someday is a thousand tiny nows." 

You can find her blog "Poetic License: Poetry and Commentary on Current Events here.

Here is the comment I posted there after reading the poem:  "I love this idea. I can do a tiny now better than a day or a week. We tend to want bigger and better, but when it comes to the substance of life, the best stuff is in the tiny nows. Thanks!"

Today I will be awake and open to the tiny nows. Thanks Aileen!

I will be taking a blog break until early next week. Enjoy the weekend!