Monday December 28 2015  WHAT DO MY DRAWERS HOLD?

Well, we definitely have lots to do and at a bit quicker pace that we had originally planned.  There must be a reason.  Hopefully this will be a quick blog since I have already done a fair amount of writing today.  I do want to bring you up to date as to the unfolding of our wet mess.

First, it is still wet and secondly, the mess will only become bigger.  We had workers here today, then a plumber, and the workers are expected back later today or tomorrow morning.  We are in the middle of a blizzard, the kind with howling winds and driving snow and very low temperatures.  We just cancelled our outing tonight as the roads may possibly be icy later this evening.  Our road is the most difficult to maneuver since we live on a hill.  The snow plows must be very busy on main thoroughfares because they have not yet plowed our circle.  Our plow men have not yet arrived and our driveway is now covered completely with a few inches of snow.  So, staying at home seems like the smart thing to do.

Things are still up in the air regarding our insurance coverage.  Dave spoke with the insurance adjuster today and made an appointment for her to come tomorrow.  She said she is 99% certain that we have coverage but she has to review the policy first.  I’ll feel better with that other 1% in its rightful place!  The wet is a bit more extensive than we thought yesterday, due to the fact that our floors have insulation in them.  We had the insulation put in when we remodeled 4 years ago.  Our basement is all finished (except the laundry room) and insulation helps both in heat retention and as a sound barrier between floors. 

I emptied the vanity last night and now  have six boxes of drawer contents to go through.  Oh my, I could not believe how much was packed into those “little” drawers.  Let’s put it this way, the boxes are at least twice as big as the drawers and they look full with just the content of one drawer.  The contents seemed to explode when released from the confines of the drawers.  Lots of stuff.  Lots of years of stuff. Lots to get rid of.  SOON.  LIKE NOW!

That is my first job that I will begin when I finish writing the blog.   Again, I feel the prodding that may be an answer to prayer.  Now my prayer is that God will give me strength to do it all!

 

WHAT DO MY DRAWERS HOLD?

By Kathleen Martens

December 28, 2015

 

Drawers and drawers of little things,

Forgotten, discarded, unused.

Notes and pencils and pens galore,

Even an electrical fuse.

 

Files and clippers, lipstick and rouge,

Powder puffs no longer needed.

It’s as if everything multiplied,

As if wonderfully, organically seeded.

 

Shoe-inserts and underwear folded,

Batteries and camera cards too.

Bags and boxes and trinkets galore,

All which I must sort through.

 

Q-tips and OFF and little coin purses,

Picture of daughter and friends.

Pins from  “KIDS FROM WISCONSIN”,

And out-of-date eyeglasses lens.

 

Soap and shampoo, salve and cream,

And “THE SHOEBOX” business card,

Toothbrushes used and Vaseline tubes

And pieces of sundry shards.

 

Makeup brushes and battery chargers

And batteries that are long dead.

What am I going to do with this stuff

If it can’t be spent or read?

 

I’ve always room for one more book,

Or a pocketful of money,

But I did find a tube of lotion,

But alas, it was quite runny.

 

Oh, I also found the missing piece

Of a toy from our daughter’s treasure.

And lo and behold I still own it

The missing cow is worth beyond measure!

 

Razors and clips and new eyeliner,

Which I no longer even use.

All are things that have long been lost,

And what I write is not a ruse.

 

All this stuff now I must touch,

And use my precious time

To go through what was once important

All because it was mine.

 

I am so done with this lot.

Perhaps I’ll dump it and never look back.

But what if? It may be important

I must determine if that is a fact!

 

And what I describe is just one layer

I took with my camera iPhone.

I don’t even want to guess what’s below

For fear I may start to moan.

 

Well, I suppose that that is the end of this poem.  I’ll let you know later what was on the next layer.  Or, maybe I won’t.

It is beautiful outside.  It is growing dim and the light fades.  The wind seems to have calmed down a bit and the snow plow has now come down our street.  At least we are no longer housebound.  But it is still very cold and possibly icy.

I will close with Psalm 150.  When I live in a day such as today my heart rejoices and I long to Praise God for His awesome gift of creation.  Psalms 150 does a great justice to how I feel.  Good night and God Bless you.  I am saying a special prayer for a new friend tonight.  If she is reading this she will know that I am calling out her name to our wonderful God for complete healing.

 

Psalm 150New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 150

¹ Praise the Lord.

Praise God in his sanctuary;
    praise him in his mighty heavens.
² Praise him for his acts of power;
    praise him for his surpassing greatness.
³ Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,
    praise him with the harp and lyre,
⁴ praise him with timbrel and dancing,
    praise him with the strings and pipe,
⁵ praise him with the clash of cymbals,
    praise him with resounding cymbals.

⁶ Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord.