Gumption and Gusto to get through the goo...
This line is circulating now and I thought I'd take up the gauntlet and try my hand at it.
Hitting 3 g's
Gumption and gusto to go through the
goo,
It’s become such a habit what else
would I do?
Push the chair up the lane when the
battery’s low
Or the wheels are spinning in
un-shovelled snow.
Get up nice and early day after day
To call ParaTranspo to take us away
Hitting the redial time after time
Only to get through and be told “hold
the line.”
Standing and waiting and pacing the
floor
I start my day “right” praying ten
minutes or more
“Lord, help me get through before there
are no more rides,
and we can’t get a bus where we chose
to abide.”
I’m sure Franklin Agenda has not a
clue
Double bookings are actually easy to
do.
One kid goes here and one kid goes
there
And mom is left standing pulling her
hair.
Is supper at five or is it at nine?
We’ll eat when we eat so please don’t
whine.
SHEP and Arise, and LPB
PT’s and OT’s and CCAC.
OYOA, and Para, Propeller and more
My brain’s in a whirl from our
revolving door.
The week’s almost done
We have math left to do
And sewing and Spanish, and clarinet
too
Being a homeschool Mom is a busy
career
And some would say even a little bit
queer.
White canes and wheelchairs, ensemble
and ballet
Foot braces and hair buns fill every
day
So, gumption and gusto to go through
the goo?
Goo is a plenty but recall the first
two.
Gumption is gutsy, its courage and
spunk
It’s carrying on when the rest would say
“bunk.”
Gusto is fervor and passion and heart
No one but Mom can do that part.
So despite the disability, distractions
and duty
Even in discipline and dyslexia there's beauty
Hence, there’s no place like home
No one I’d rather be,
Than the homeschooling Mom
Of this special family.
Glossary of terms:
SHEP - Science, History Enrichment Program (a homeschool co-op)
Arise - A Christian ballet school
LPB - Les Petits Ballets (a performing company ballet school)
PT - physiotherapy
OT - occupational therapy
CCAC - Community Care Access Centre where we have a PSW (personal support worker)
OYOA - Ottawa Youth Orchestra Academy
Para - ParaTranspo (the Ottawa bus system for people with disabilities that both my daughter and I use)
Propeller - the Dance Company with which my oldest daughter works.
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