To the final berry,
trembling and silent,
life is scary.
Unchosen,
unpicked,
half-frozen.
Squirrel-missed,
bird-pecked,
sun-kissed.
Little, red and round,
when the snowdrops bloom,
I’ll plant you underground.
Brenda Davis Harsham
Note: My son was at the ER this weekend. My internal compass has been swinging left to right and back again. Upheaval, danger, chaos, progress, crisis. Spring will bring me back into the garden, and life will resume it’s course: toward magic and joy. I hope you are having a magical week. Warmly, Brenda
Oh you poor soul! 🙂 Hope he’s fully recovered (and you too! 🙂 )
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We are more careful, and we take the epipen everywhere!
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Aahh the last one remaining! This happens to humans too. It’s funny how when we are young we fear departing this life early, and then years later we fear being the last one remaining. What a desolate place that must be. Living to an old age is not so appealing when looked at in that way.
I love the way you look at the minute picture Brenda, the things that many would pass by. I can identify with that way of thinking – it’s good to think like that! 🙂
What did your poor son do to end up in ER? I hope he’s recovery now?
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My son has a nut allergy, and he had bread where it had nuts, unbeknownst to us. I had never seen such an awful reaction before. It was scary.
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Oh, Brenda – I’m so glad he’s all well now and I hope you never ever have to go through something like this again! My best Spring wishes. 🙂
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Thanks, Marina. I hope you have a wonderful, colorful spring!
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Sometimes children are a great Joy, at other times they almost scare us into an early grave.Glad everything is back to normal 🙂
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I did feel like I was more upset than him. He just slid off to sleep, and I paced for hours. Of course, he’d had enough benadryl to fell a steer. LOL
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Hope your son, and you, are well now, and ready for a joyous Spring.
I loved the poem, you said a lot in just a few words.
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Thanks, that lone berry spoke to the child in me. I’m ready for a joyous spring. My boys are in a production of Oklahoma, and I’m looking forward to seeing them shine.
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The last berry looks like it has been given a new lease of life! Reinvention!
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We all need a reinvention now and then. 😀
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Yes,I believe so!
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I hope your son is getting better!
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He seems past it now! We were very lucky and blessed. Thanks for stopping by. XOXO
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Gosh, so glad all is well now. It’s hard not to be terrified when our children have a medical crisis (even when they are all grown up and supposedly able to take care of themselves. 😉 ) Wishing you gentle thoughts and equilibrium in all things.
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Thanks! I am more back to normal today. May nothing like this happen again for a long time!
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Hopefully NEVER again.
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Yes!
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I was very sorry to hear about your son’s negative reaction to something he is allergic to. Do Happy he was given an IV, Brenda. I am a little late here so read every comment feeling a sense of relief near the end. The sweet boy worrying about ruining your night really touched my heart. Give everyone an extra hug from me, dear. Don’t have to tell them who sent it nor just know that I do care. You were “there” for me when nights seemed a little “off” for me awhile ago. . . xo ♡
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I appreciate these hugs. I’ll pass them along. He’s a good hugger. 🙂 XOXO
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i’m so glad to read he is okay. yes, things like this surely put everything in perspective. hugs –
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XOXO
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Oh dear, what a scary experince! We’re very relieved to read in the comments that your son is doing fine.
Lovely poem, Brenda.
Best regards from the four of us,
Dina x
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Thanks Fab Four! Fingers crossed he doesn’t encounter any nuts again, ever! Hugs
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So glad your son is well. That is so scary!
I was laughing at the berry. .. like the last kid picked for dodgeball…
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IKR?! That’s what I was thinking, too. But then, those kids often go on to be very successful later in life — the thoughtful, observant, quirky ones. 😉
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Aw love this……
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Thanks!!
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So happy he’s okay. That kind of thing is chaotic and frightening. Yes, once you’re back in the garden things will even out. My garden is afraid of me. I’m going to try and be better this year but I don’t know what that means exactly. I love your poem. It’s wonderful and I hope the wee berry grows and becomes all that it can be. ❤
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Thanks, Gigi. I went out and cleared away some huge pine branches that were crushing my rhododendron and arbor vitae bushes. I got to saw, snap, yank and prune. I feel triumphant. LOL Now I just wish they would pick up yard waste soon. I feel better for being outside, though. I think I had the hot house effect going on.
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I hope your son is doing well
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Thanks, Dan. He’s much better. And we all learned a valuable lesson, near home. I can’t even imagine if we’d traveled and there was a language barrier.
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Blessings, Brenda! So glad all is well, but Heres a Hugh{{{{{{{Brenda}}}}}}}}}}} anyway!
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Thanks, Morgan!! Hugs back, you stellar blogger, you. 🙂
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🙂 *blush* 🙂
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A sweet and loving poem and the berry will be saved…just as your son was helped to get better. What a worry and what a fright…I remember all the scares I have had with my 6 in the past! Phew! So glad he is ok now. Hope you are too after the panic? Take good care 😊 🌈 xx
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I am trying to let go of the fear, but it may be a long time before we go out to another restaurant. You managed with 6! That’s twice the scares I’d have with my three! My heart!
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…I feel for you, I really do. I would feel the same and be afraid to eat out again if I had experienced the same worry. Time for some quiet recovery methinks my friend…easy does it, be gentle with yourselves! 🌈
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We’ll manage. A step at a time, managing each crisis as it comes. I was just so relieved when they took him off the IV, and they said I could take him home. It was midnight. And he said to me, Sorry for ruining your night, Mom.
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Aaaaaw bless the poor wee man, what a gentle caring soul to think of you so. Tell him I am so glad he is better and love and hugs to you all! ❤ x
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Thanks, Krysia!
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That’s scary, hope he’s doing OK!
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He’s better now. Five people were working around him. Poor guy. I was scared.
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E.R I hope he’s feeling better soon! 🙂
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Thanks, Andy. He’s back to normal, but he’s always such a stable kid.
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Credits to you 🙂
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I love the thought of rebirth in planting that unwanted berry… and I’m happy your son made it through well.
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Thanks! Poor guy. He couldn’t breathe.
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Sorry to her about your scare Brenda, I’m so glad your son is OK again.
xxx Massive Hugs xxx
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Thanks, David. Life is so uncertain.
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That’s very true Brenda but we should never lose our children, they’re our gift to the world. Now we just have to leave them a nice world to live in.
xxx Huge Hugs xxx
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I hope to never be close to losing a child again. Terrifying. Now if they just won’t start any extreme sports! I don’t know how parents cope with such terror. I’m trying to leave them a nice world. XOXO
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I pray your son is okay. Huge hugs
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Thanks, he is. But they saved him. It was a scary allergic reaction.
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Oh my word Brenda, that’s terrifying. Thank god all turned out well. Our children and their well-being, always our main priority. Hugs
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Yes, it reset my compass. It rearranged my priorities. It scared me. Hugs to you, too.
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