WE WILL RISE

PINWe will rise and shine, inhale and exhale. We will make do with what we have. We will make piping hot mugs of tea and coffee and warm milk with honey.  We will play, build forts, have dance parties, board game marathons, movie nights and read-ins, backyard campfires and quiet walks together. We will share our fears and hold hands under the covers at night. We will study. We will listen to each other and ourselves. We will bicker. We will apologize. We will donate and offer help where and how we can. We will be aware of those less fortunate than we are. We will buy gift certificates. We will let go of our fear of scarcity and get through this together.  We will tighten our belts. We will bake bread.We will roll out our yoga mats in the living room and meditate together. We will paint and use the ends of crayons and half dry markers to add color to our day. We will watch pollution clear and global warming hesitate. We will witness Mother Earth breathe in and out.  We will breathe in and out. We will find a comfortable seat and pick up that good book that’s been waiting for us for three years. We will spring clean. We will write, get out knitting supplies, or that sewing pattern we’ve been meaning to do. We will offer each other foot rubs.

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We will find out what solitude and silence have to tell us. We will hear the lessons in the stillness. We will be grateful for all that we have. We will be grateful for the time together or the time alone. We will do it imperfectly. We will pray and grieve and grow and heal. We will acknowledge what we take for granted. We will make lasting changes. We will dig deeper and find new reserves of empathy and patience and grace — for each other and ourselves. We will know who our tribe is and we will say, “I love you, thank you for being you, thank you for being my tribe,” even more fervently and often than we already do.