Fortunate am I to have a daughter I get to know a little more each year.
While my mind will always hold images and memories of her past, it is the present version of my child that keeps me growing along with her. She is wise beyond her years, and my wisdom comes from being there for her.
I am blessed with this never-ending experience of love.
j.g.l.
Growth, in any living form,
happens gradually. At first
hardly perceptible, then you
notice little changes.
It is natural
to have expectations.
There is always anticipation
over what will come next.
© 2026 j.g. lewis
Solitude surpasses community. Your voice becomes stronger, and more easily understood, by only those who need to know. Challenge is found in criticism, purpose through indecision, with opinions apparent throughout an ever-respectful dialogue. You may own all you know and learn from the many lessons more thoughtfully through undiscovered, and mostly silent, inner wisdom.
I slept in this morning; not a lot and probably not enough, but it was much brighter than it usually is when I stood to greet the day.
I am quite used to darkness in the morning. It is more than common for me to be awake and off to the coffee shop while most everybody else is still asleep.
I have always been an early riser. Winter or summer, I am mostly up before the sun. It is natural for me. Often those first few hours of the day are my most productive. I get a lot of writing done as the coffee kicks in and my mind finds its way.
It’s pretty easy to use my circadian rhythm as an excuse, but I think it is a time-honoured habit. It is a habit I would actually like to break.
This morning, I tried. I didn’t check my mobile device, knowing that one thing would lead to another and soon I’d be habitually checking out all the usual notifications and my mind would become too active (as it often is). I listened to the radio a little longer than I usually do, caught the morning news announcing the good and evil(s) of the world, and managed to fall back to sleep awhile.
“Awhile”, in this case, is a subjective term. It wasn’t a long or deep sleep, but it was enough to delay my traditional early start.
Waking early is a habit and, like any habit, altering this one is going to take a bit of time. But I have that time; I have the rest of the day and each day I will try to wake a little later.
© 2026 j.g. lewis
There is something about celebrating a birthday that gets you thinking about where you are, who you are, and what you are.
Some of the time I am confused, and with that I get lost along the way.
I have always been a planner, and a doer. Yet, many of the things I plan don’t get done; or they don’t get completed. Sometimes it is because I don’t have the time, or I run out of time, or I simply don’t take the time.
That is about to change.
I will officially retire at the end of the month. That, I believe, should allow me to find the time to do what I want to do. Or are they things I must do?
I suppose it is time to get creating.
j.g.l.