What’s in the silence but a song? by Nancy Schatz Alton Every day I set up a space. I put slants on either side. I wish for the words to flow for my sentences to reach your ears with the rhythm that I feel as I listen to my daughters sing alone or together in […]
Author: Nancy Schatz Alton
Thoughts Upon Waking
I miss who you used to be even as I marvel at who you are becoming. This ease of vacation: I’ll miss it. This telling myself it’s too hard: it isn’t true. Making myself take one small step after another is enough to do it. I’ll make sandwiches and string together […]
This Resting Place
This Resting Place by Nancy Schatz Alton It’s possible to know what I want: a long walk warm coffee fresh expensive pastries cut & shared a weekend spent with intention: walk, coffee, eat write, yoga, no shopping, a little sorting reading. It’s possible to relish where I’m at now: a long way into parenthood […]
Empty hands
I read a quote once that I can’t recall, but the meaning of it has stuck with me. It’s a quote about how the people who show up are enough. And not in the way of your best friend showing up on your darkest days, but more about how the people who populate our days […]
Pleasure
Caroline’s alarm goes off early and she’s gone before I’m fully awake. I listen to the rain that has finally arrived. As soon as I begin to worry about her friend driving her to the mall, I know I cannot travel this path. This worry, so familiar, is no longer my friend. There’s so much […]
Giving Thanks
“To feel close to you is good.” -David Hernandez Every time I hear kids’ laughter in my house or see Liz’s lips curl up into a full, joy-filled smile, I think we did it: we made a home. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Plenty.
I woke up this morning thankful for another year. In one of my dreams, I hugged my Grandma Schatz, tiny but solid. Can she see how far I have come? How I’m still soaked in her love? Last night Kk came home to a sleeping house. She woke us up with her, “Hello?!” So happy! […]
The Bookstore
The Bookstore by Nancy Schatz Alton The sounds of the women talking meet the music. The door creaks as it opens and closes. People arrive and leave. We spill together, sometimes in silence, often in talking. We collide: Mark Nepo and poetry; who cares if a celebrity endorses a book; which meditation guide; how do […]
Satiated
Satiation by Nancy Schatz Alton Full the feeling of fullness: Texting with my brother at 6am 100 pieces left of the puzzle Liz walking off to talk to people who are not her best friends The way hair falls into place right after a haircut An email from a good friend Another email about […]
Calm
Orange cup of coffee after a hike; maple seed- pod swirls through sunlight.