Ready For The Day, Early, DNA

    I have never been late in my life, to anything. Blackman Family rules, arrive early. Dress in the early morning for success, even on the weekends!! Be prepared, no dishes in the sink, or bed unmade.
    Done and Done.
    I have a funeral to attend today at 2, and I sit at the computer dressed in black, ready in my head. Maybe not in my heart.( I was ready by 7, I think it may be around 9:30 now!! Some people are not even up!!) I think people are always anxious to go to funerals, but parents saying good-bye to a child, takes on a whole different kind of sadness. I wish I did not know how that feels, but I do, and my heart hurts for them. But I am ready, strong and watching my breathing. It is called a homecoming, and that I believe. The universe welcomes this young man, some call it heaven, I just know it is home. Peaceful and bright, and warm!! ( I ask God always, please make our souls soar in warm air!) Death seems so cold, the word, the thought, I need heaven and the beyond to be warm and truly filled with light!! I think it is. I pray that all of those touched by this catastrophic loss, embrace grief, you cannot run from it, and find this same warmth in their earthly bodies. It is a new journey, difficult and exhausting, but....( there is always a but!) you will survive, and parent this child forever. Parent his memories, say his name loud and often. Love, Love, Love only grows.
        Now to switch gears, for my sanity and strength.
        We, (hubby and I) said good-bye to our World Literature Course, last week. We ended on the Lusiads, and my brain was fried. I took this course for my own curiosity, to see if I could find something to like and understand about these early books/epics. We all studied them, at some time in our life, but we were young. Even when I tried to help my children, with these same stories, I hated every minute. I remember Hart ( my son) telling me, "None of this makes any sense!" I think we were on Gilgamesh, or Homer/Illiad , and me agreeing!! " Find a few words, and see if they fit in any of the questions!!" ( I was not in a good mood!)
      So this time, I am 65, and seasoned and educated, can I understand them? They were so much better. I did not hang on every word, but I did love the process and learning so much more. I was patient with the stories and they were with me. One thing that stood out more than anything else, was how like the stories in the bible they are. Very interesting, also how they were written before paper. Also all the translations, none are the same. Something is either left out, or added. Such is history.
         Mrs. Wells would be very proud of me, she put a bug in my ear, many years ago. A spark, and was once again ignited. On too all of Shakespeare, Chaucer, I wand to read them all, and do good on my courses.
        We still have the cathedrals to finish, from Yale, it has been long....I think now, I can tell you what every stained glass story is called. I Have been surprised at the Zodiac information in cathedrals, and statues of men and women, showing their private parts!!! Different time and space, I guess. The biggest thing I took so far, was that people were illiterate, and the cathedrals told a story. They were some of the first story tellers. Every brick, every window, pews, choir lofts, outside the flying buttresses!!! The buildings began as a place to tell a story, to those who could not read. I wonder what story they are trying to tell us now. Fantastic buildings, Notre Dame, Saint Denis, and Chartres, I know every inch of those, and I think we have two more to go!! I wish all churches were this glorious, I hear God better through these walls,
      Now we have signed up with Columbia, The Civil War and Reconstruction, which is off the charts, awesome. All people should stop what they are doing and take this course. Just take something, that makes you grow.
      Well I need to do a few things around the house, there is always something that needs tending too!! Its a nice feeling to know, you can still accomplish little and big things.
       I think the clocks get moved today, somewhere, I do better with light, so I am delighted.
       I will still get up, get dressed and be ready for the day, DNA!! (plus Homer was military!!) ( Mary just loved to clean!) And none of us slept in!!  Thankful , that is me!