Janet's Radio Weblog
We are all angels but with one wing, and only by embracing each other can we fly - Luciano de Crescenzo


Subscribe to "Janet's Radio Weblog" in Radio UserLand.

Click to see the XML version of this web page.

Click here to send an email to the editor of this weblog.


Saturday, November 05, 2005
 

Having Babies
I woke up this morning, freezing, without Joe's body next to mine to keep me warm. He and Jamie left before the crack of dawn to go fishing in Haines Alaska. I got up and checked the temperature: -17! I went to make a fire, but there was no kindling, so with some resentment I pulled on my fleece pants and old coat and stomped outside to chop some wood.

As I'm welding the ax, I find myself muttering; questioning why in God's name I live here, since winter and I don't see eye to eye most of the time. Then it came to me that living in the Yukon is like having a baby: November through March  is the heavy labour, when you're ready to tear a strip off anyone who comes too close. By April the baby's head is crowning, and in May you get that first look at new life. And just like when you see your baby for the first time, May fills you with wonder and awe at the miracle that you have somehow ended up amongst such stunning beauty.

By the time I came in from chopping wood, I had a smile on my face. 


10:04:36 AM    comment []


Click here to visit the Radio UserLand website. © Copyright 2005 Janet Patterson.
Last update: 12/1/2005; 6:31:32 AM.
November 2005
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
    1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30      
Oct   Dec