Ripple is a quintessential song by the Grateful Dead. Robert Hunter wrote it along with epic songs Brokedown Palace and To Lay Me Down in the same afternoon (Wiki). Incredible.
As summer drew to an end and we rounded the corner into fall I could not believe how fast the year zipped by. Halloween came and went and as I type it is post Thanksgiving weekend and I’m sitting down to think about the Chanukah, Christmas, and New Year.
All the same thoughts and questions spring to my head every year about this time. When I raise any of these to friends they say “I know!” and we discuss at length. When I raise to my hubby he says, “Whatever you think” which basically means he hasn’t thought of any of this stuff and wouldn’t have if I didn’t bring them up. I want to be more like that.
What to make? Who wants what? Will they like it? Will they use it? Will they care?
Do I like my job? Do I hate my job? Can I quit, jump in the camper and hit the road? What are the spring break plans? What about Mem Day and the summer plans?
Should I do more? Should I do less? I feel so busy yet everyone seems busier than me, do I care?
Am I a good mom? Do my jeans make me look fat? Black or colorful shirt? Jeans or yoga pants?
I should exercise more. I should eat less. I should get a colonoscopy. I should send holiday cards. I should have a holiday party. I should stay late at work. I should have better work/life balance.
I could spend the rest of my life driving myself crazy or let it all go and sing.
For now, I say let there be songs to fill the air.
Lisa Mirecki 
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