{"id":5118,"date":"2020-07-29T12:36:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T19:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/?p=5118"},"modified":"2020-07-26T21:37:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T04:37:27","slug":"not-so-unprecedented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/2020\/07\/not-so-unprecedented\/","title":{"rendered":"Not so unprecedented"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genesis 1:1<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My daughter just finished a month of theater class. Theaters\nin the pandemic are dark. Shut down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this time<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This uncertain time\u2026this unprecedented time\u2026Now more than\never\u2026people pulled in for survival. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food, Lysol and toilet paper were hoarded and everything\nthat wasn\u2019t needed in the next 5 minutes was jettisoned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now more than ever, think about what REALLY matters\u2026I bought\na 10-pound bag of pinto beans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week I finished the last bean. Still here. Even bought\na few more (smaller) bags of beans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What really matters now? I had focused on keeping the world\nworking, keeping systems working and keeping my kid learning even without a\nschool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then came summer, which was not much different since it\nmeant even less to do with no school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I scrambled for activities. Didn\u2019t ANYBODY have anything fun?\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online theater class. She\u2019s a born theater geek. Fun is what\nI was looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t realize how much more she was looking for it. Fun\nlearning that required her to look inside herself. Finally, someone was asking\nher to bring herself to the moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That hadn\u2019t happened since the pandemic. Math, social\nstudies and spelling was not a reflection of herself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But being a character\u2014that she invented\u2014was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That brought me back to what really matters. As the story\ngoes, in the beginning God created. And that is how God made up God\u2019s days. I\nam supposed to be that same spirit. The spirit that creates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Veronica was asked to create. It scared her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creating is scary for everyone. There is this high standard\nfor creating, that it must be 100% unique or it somehow doesn\u2019t count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genesis 1 tells us the story first thing: \u201cIn the beginning God\ncreated.\u201d And just to put that impossible standard to rest, the bible tells the\nsame story again, but different: John 1 says \u201cIn the beginning was the word\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s like he completely plagiarized!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, and it\u2019s ok. John had a new way of saying the same story.\nA way that echoed and created in its own way. Which means I can do the same,\npressure is off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Veronica had a great teacher, who showed her how and encouraged\nher and it made her happy. Not hyper happy, but grounded and at peace happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which is what really matters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found some time to create this week too. My tight little\nworried soul got to stretch a bit. It was worth it to play some music with my\nhands. And out some colored pencils to color. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m grateful for those pinto beans. And I am grateful I get\nto keep creating and bringing myself to my life. Now more than ever\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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