Fall

The nights are cool and it is still dark when I wake up to get ready to go to school. It is harder to walk lately. My feet and legs are stiff and numb. My hip is more painful. The cool weather and Lime's disease have added an extra 15 minutes to get to a functioning level. It is now almost 8 am and I am fine. Moving with ease now, I prepare for my lecture that starts in 10 minutes. Phil, my youngest son 22, is in the hospital in Cambridge. He has been there since Monday. He has e coli virus and is very ill. He will stay there on IV's until his blood count is better. I want to drop everything and be there fretting in real time instead of here, teaching. I am giving a brush making demo this afternoon, and then I will decide what to do. Friday evening two of the exhibitions that I have helped develop will open. Maybe I will take the night owl...
The pull of mothering does not end when children grow up.