Comments on: Tall Glass of Cool Water http://www.mamarenew.ca/blog/2009/10/tall-glass-of-cool-water/ Exploring the journey of birth, motherhood, and life as a family. Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:27:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jana http://www.mamarenew.ca/blog/2009/10/tall-glass-of-cool-water/comment-page-1/#comment-610 Jana Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:58:48 +0000 http://www.mamarenew.ca/blog/?p=2881#comment-610 For some reason I find myself thinking about what might be considered my "solution" to the challenge of finding time to pause for water, which is to drink tea! When I was on parental leave with my daughter during her first year, it was that morning cup of tea that became such a challenge. I am not a coffee drinker, so one would think the desire for tea would not be quite as intense as what coffee drinkers describe as their need for a caffeine fix. But during that year, what "poked" at me was that my tea got cold, that I left it somewhere, or that I forgot to make it until almost noon. So I pulled out my insulated travel mug. And I made my tea to travel at home. I picked it up and put it down again all over the house and beyond, sometimes misplacing it, but never losing it. Sometimes I closed the seal on the opening, because I felt it was a danger to my daughter. And sometimes there were days when I was able to make a second cup! But most often the insulation factor allowed me to drink off and on all day, that cup quenching my thirst for a prolonged period. And so after writing the above, I find myself wondering if this is not a metaphor for my own journey toward self-care . . . Now I make whole pots of tea! For some reason I find myself thinking about what might be considered my “solution” to the challenge of finding time to pause for water, which is to drink tea! When I was on parental leave with my daughter during her first year, it was that morning cup of tea that became such a challenge. I am not a coffee drinker, so one would think the desire for tea would not be quite as intense as what coffee drinkers describe as their need for a caffeine fix. But during that year, what “poked” at me was that my tea got cold, that I left it somewhere, or that I forgot to make it until almost noon.

So I pulled out my insulated travel mug. And I made my tea to travel at home. I picked it up and put it down again all over the house and beyond, sometimes misplacing it, but never losing it. Sometimes I closed the seal on the opening, because I felt it was a danger to my daughter. And sometimes there were days when I was able to make a second cup! But most often the insulation factor allowed me to drink off and on all day, that cup quenching my thirst for a prolonged period.

And so after writing the above, I find myself wondering if this is not a metaphor for my own journey toward self-care . . . Now I make whole pots of tea!

]]> By: Rick http://www.mamarenew.ca/blog/2009/10/tall-glass-of-cool-water/comment-page-1/#comment-595 Rick Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:25:36 +0000 http://www.mamarenew.ca/blog/?p=2881#comment-595 "Gimme a cool glass of water 'fore I die!" - or "'fore I live", in this case “Gimme a cool glass of water ‘fore I die!”
- or “‘fore I live”, in this case

]]>