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TITLE: "Give Me Some Space" | Previous Challenge Entry
By Susan Twerefuo
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Five little kids sat at our dining table waiting dinner. Trying to get my table set and food on the table at the same time and manage the kids was done in a frenzy. You are on my chair, your arm is on my side, I get to eat first, I get to say prayer its my turn and stop picking at the food before we eat are all going on at the same time as I try to complete the task I am doing.
Oh, Calgon take me away at this moment, I think to myself!
After finishing our dinner I start dishes while the kids are clearing the table to start their homework. My mind wanders to a resort where I lay on the beach sipping ice-tea in a glass with little umbrellas on top. Oh, yes this is good I think to myself, alone on a beach watching the sun go down and peace and quiet! My mind had declared a vacation and screamed GIVE ME SOME SPACE!!!!!!
Looking around realizing I was alone on this tropical island in my mind I wondered what next? As soon as I uttered these words out loud I heard an echo across the whole island. My words; “ What next?” came back to me repeatly. I began to think of what I would take with me to a deserted island.
Nothing electric as there was no electricity. Enough water to last a week and lots of peanuts (no refrigerators or ice) cans of fruit and of course a can opener, oh yes lots of toilet paper, mosquito repellant, a tent and matches and oh yes a candle to read by and to find my way into the night.
Would I be afraid alone in the dark on my tropical island? Hey wait this is my daydream! I can make this island without wild animals or intruders!
My mind wanders from that thought to the next thought. How would I feel safe and protected? On a tropical island by myself? I relax because I know God would be by my side helping me in whatever I dared to do. God would protect me. God would make me safe. I would never feel lonely. God is always with me wherever I go even if in a daydream. I also believe God gave me my mind to escape into daydreams when reality is chaotic. At anytime or anyplace I can be wherever my mind puts me. It’s free and accessible within a moment.
God is giving me some space! Yeah, I think to my self how intrinsic our bodies and minds are and how they work together. I am totally relaxed and refreshed now on my tropical island!
God also knows when its time to come back from vacation!
I hear a door open and I am back from my island! Without screaming I walk over to my son by the dryer. He was getting ready to start it I tell him you forgot the fabric softener. While he looks for the box I look in the dryer to see what is in there and I see Chubb’s our cat. I release the cat and tell my son gently we can only dry our stuffed animal cats in the dryer because the cats that are alive don’t like it! He says ok and walks away.
Give me some space is good, but sometimes a lot of space can be too much!
Chubb’s thanks me for coming back from my tropical island in the nick of time and I thank God for my intervention of our cat Chubb’s.
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