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Someday Soon

July 1, 2020July 2, 2020 ~ wordancerblog ~ 17 Comments

I definitely need more happy anticipation in my life right now, so I created my own Someday Soon Jar and will start to write my ideas down. Of course, my jar is an empty tissue box instead of a beautiful glass jar, but I don’t think that matters. What matters is hope and the joy of happy expectation.

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17 responses to “Someday Soon”

  1. majfoil Avatar
    majfoil
    July 2, 2020

    JOJO!!! Oh my gosh. This is beautiful and powerful. Your dream hauntingly so. I cannot read it again, but perhaps you can find solace by telling yourself some of the beauty is you CAN save those people, and you do it all the time. Your presence to friends, colleagues, students (new and old) free them from their awful spaces. So if you dream it again … remind yourself of the incredible worth in your heart and mind. Embrace them with that. Fan it into flames, and let the heat it bears free them!

    And THANK YOU!!! for this lovely post, for your friendship, affirmations, and your hope and encouragement that someday soon we will be able to do all those things. I appreciate it ALL!!! And ROME! oh my gosh. 🙂

    OH, and I love the composition of the photo.

    Keep being you, my friend!

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      majfoil
      July 2, 2020

      lol … perhaps I should read before posting … or perhaps I should accept it as a message to you.

      I meant to say warmth in your heart. I love that it says worth. Please read it with worth and warmth!!! lol

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        wordancerblog
        July 2, 2020

        So if you dream it again … remind yourself of the incredible worth/warmth in your heart and mind. Embrace them with that. Fan it into flames, and let the heat it bears free them! –

        I love that you wrote this to me. It makes me see the dream in such a more empowering way. Instead of being defeated, I can change the scenario. As always – good advice.

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    Leigh Anne Eck
    July 2, 2020

    “Happy expectation.” The word expectation, for me, has a somewhat negative connotation as it means something I need to live up to. But a happy expectation turns that into something positive! This could be a powerful activity for when we return to school, as we know it won’t be normal!

    The way you turned your happy expectations into a poem is lovely – it brings such hope for a time when we can all dance!

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    1. wordancerblog Avatar
      wordancerblog
      July 3, 2020

      Thank you, Leigh Anne! Yes, I try to remind myself to leave a little room for dancing.

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  3. Michelle @litlearningzone Avatar
    Michelle @litlearningzone
    July 2, 2020

    Wow – you have so much packed into your writing today! You had me at the Kids for Peace website and The Someday Soon Jar. Reminds me of the picture book by Eileen Spinelli: Someday. Then your dream. You had me hanging on, gasping with trepidation! I’m so sorry for those repeated nightmares! And then your beautiful poems of someday … just delightful! You went full circle here with ups and downs! Keep filling up your someday soon box with happy expectations!

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    wordancerblog
    July 2, 2020

    Thank you Michelle. I usually try to plan my writing. This just came out as I felt it!

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    Terje
    July 2, 2020

    Starting with a writer’s block and then writing this – fantastic. I sincerely hope that your someday soon is just around the corner. “A cup of steaming tea, a good book” is probably almost here already.

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  6. Julie Avatar
    Julie
    July 3, 2020

    Hope is something we all need so much lately. This is such a fun idea to hold on to that happy anticipation. We all need friends like Molly, to send us hope at just the right time after such an awful night! I love the last line of your poem.

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      wordancerblog
      July 3, 2020

      Thank you and yes Molly is a blessing! Every day she shows me what hope and courage look like.

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    drcoachwrites
    July 3, 2020

    This! My latest post is about Active Hope, and I find myself searching for moments in this world where I can see or feel hope. Your nightmare is real – as I read your words this morning, you clenched my heart. My heart raced even though I just awoke from a restful night’s sleep.

    The Someday Soon Jar is an excellent idea; it provides children with an opportunity to realize a new normal will emerge. I would encourage us to consider an additional jar… Do Today… 🙂 I often read Someday is Not a Day of the Week, a children’s book with an adult message:

    Thank you for the gift of your words. They are important.

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      wordancerblog
      July 3, 2020

      Thank you! I bought the book right away! I hadn’t heard of it, but definitely will read it and read it aloud to my classes. I agree a Do Today Jar is also much needed!

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  8. Ruth Ayres Avatar
    Ruth Ayres
    July 3, 2020

    I like when you write prose and poetry in the same post. I’m sorry for your nightmares and hope you have had some restful nights since writing this. Your poem is important and I think I’m going to use it as inspiration for one of my own.
    Ruth

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    wordancerblog
    July 3, 2020

    Thank you, Ruth! That means a lot to me! I also love reading memoirs and am putting your suggestions on my ever growing reading list.

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  10. elsie Avatar
    elsie
    July 4, 2020

    Your poem is filled with images of the past but hope for the future. I hope every someday soon comes true for you.

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    wordancerblog
    July 4, 2020

    Thank you, Elsie. America needs hope right now!

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  12. Diane Anderson (newtreemom) Avatar
    Diane Anderson (newtreemom)
    July 6, 2020

    What terrors in your dream, what hope in your poem… these are days of both. Thank you for sharing this in your writing.

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