Current No. 17 of 31 · the second half of life
The Able Body, Quiet Gifts
Strong in Ease: being at home in my body and my days
Growing in Talents: trusting what I have learned and can do
You know to the pound what you can still lift, and you have never weighed what people set down in front of you. You are strong and able, and people rely on what you can still do.
You will recognize this
You offer what your arms can do: “I can carry that.” “I'll drive.” Someone thanks you for being there, and you say all you did was move some boxes. On days your body is sore, you feel useless, as if usefulness lived only in your arms.
When a couch needs moving or a storm takes the fence down, the phone rings at your house, and you go. You have a working peace with the body you have, and a steadiness that shows up at the hospital, at the graveside, at any door where help is needed. That is a real gift. It only lacks a name.
This season
Your body was your calling card: the strong back, the steady hands, the one who could. Now the back has opinions, and the day is coming when someone else will move the couch. The things people really came for, your calm, your judgment, your presence, do not age the same way.
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