Opening A New Door

I have a new habit.  I get up early with Mom and we sit together while she has a cup of tea.  (After I have my breakfast of course.  She always gives me some canned cat food warmed up in the microwave.  I can eat it cold, but she thinks it tastes better warm so I indulge her by waiting patiently while the microwave hums away for exactly seven seconds.)

She likes to wake up slowly in the quiet of the morning usually before Dad gets up too.  This is a time she can read for a few moments before the rush of packing begins.  She calls it her "thoughts for the road" time.  Actually, I know she is reading a really good book right now called "Open the Door-A Journey to the True Self" by Joyce Rupp.  Mom really likes something she read there this morning:

 "As I age, I think I am getting better at deliberately opening the door and leaving the known, safe realms behind."

It makes Mom happy to have a few moments of what she calls purely personal time-kind of like when she is painting.  As we fill in our new calendar, Mom says it reminds her once again that another chance beckons to us all to fulfill our dreams as we head down the road.

Anyway, we like our time together.  Sometimes though I can not resist getting into her knitting or trying to taste her tea, because I am usually more awake than she is at this hour.  However, that usually gets me into trouble, being a two year old as you know.

We heard today that the coach will be ready for pick-up on Wednesday.  This means we'll leave on Sunday morning Dad says.  It will take two days to pack the coach and Mom's going to the doctor on Thursday for a few tests (just the routine type she says so I don't have to worry about her.)  So we'll get everything done on Friday and Saturday.

Well, it has been a long day (I don't know where the time went!)  I am going to put my feet up and help Dad watch TV.  We are almost done with unpacking the boxes and maybe tomorrow we will hang up a few pictures.  This place really looks like home now!  We better not get a hurricane here while we are away!