Mt. Sophia Ideas

My friend, Lisa Schea, homeschools her 3 younger sons while struggling with COPD. She is such an inspiration to me as she continues to rest, serve her church, rest, serve her family, rest, serve MEK and TEK. She shared a poem with me that moved me so much, I asked her permission to post it. Life doesn’t have to be perfect- we just have to keep going- even when that looks like resting.

A Sickroom in Spring

Breezes flow unnaturally

From fans around the room

Sheer curtains still as columns

The breezes not through windows

Those are tightly closed

Protecting all from pollen’s harm

Walls tinged green by leaves reflected

Cool and soothing to the eye

The light is LED and cold

Sunlight blocked by clouds

The room is dry though drops are seen

Sliding down the window pane

A rolling cart beside the bed

Lies covered by the drugs

Modern marvels every one

Made to keep disease at bay

Sorted, ordered daily doses

Well known by hands they serve

A pitcher filled with water

Beside an oft-used glass

Perch balanced on a magazine

Near books half-read and cast aside

Sticky notes and pretty pens

And wrappers left behind

A bible & devotional lying within reach

A lamp, a phone, a tissue box

Drawers for sundries, cards to write

Simple quiet games to play

The outer world still races on

But here, all is becalmed

The room is silent as it waits

For life’s energy to flow

Shattered only by the squawking box

Telling stories of unreality

Turn it down, not so loud

Senses too easily disturbed

The rocking chair waits patiently

For visitors arrival

The sofa now is just a space

For linens in reserve

Life is blooming beyond these walls

And beckons more than silence

Lying in this restful bed

Propped up by common pillows

The patient dozes peacefully

Not left alone at all, you see

For Christ knows every breath

And holds her tenderly

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