{"id":2236,"date":"2013-05-31T16:00:53","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T20:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stlydias.org\/blog\/?p=2236"},"modified":"2013-05-31T16:00:53","modified_gmt":"2013-05-31T20:00:53","slug":"one-day-i-decided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/one-day-i-decided\/","title":{"rendered":"One Day I Decided"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Grace Paley<\/p>\n<p>One day I decided to not grow any older<br \/>\nlots of luck I said to myself<br \/>\n(my joking self)\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.persimmontree.org\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"2\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0then I looked up at the sky<br \/>\nwhich is wide\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.persimmontree.org\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"2\" border=\"0\" \/>its blueness<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.persimmontree.org\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"2\" border=\"0\" \/>its whiteness<\/p>\n<p>low on my left<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.persimmontree.org\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"2\" border=\"0\" \/>the steamy sun rose<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.persimmontree.org\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"2\" border=\"0\" \/>moved<\/p>\n<p>I placed my hand against it\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.persimmontree.org\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"2\" border=\"0\" \/>my whole hand<br \/>\nwhich is broad from pinky to thumb<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.persimmontree.org\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"2\" border=\"0\" \/>no<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.persimmontree.org\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"2\" border=\"0\" \/>my<br \/>\ntwo hands<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.persimmontree.org\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"2\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0I bared my teeth to it<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.persimmontree.org\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"2\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0my teeth<br \/>\nare strong<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.persimmontree.org\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"2\" border=\"0\" \/>secure on their gold posts<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.persimmontree.org\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"2\" border=\"0\" \/>I breathed<br \/>\ndeeply<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.persimmontree.org\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"2\" border=\"0\" \/>I held my breath<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.persimmontree.org\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"2\" border=\"0\" \/>I stood on my toes<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.persimmontree.org\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"2\" border=\"0\" \/>ah<\/p>\n<p>then I was taller<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.persimmontree.org\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"2\" border=\"0\" \/>still the clouds sailed<br \/>\nthrough me<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.persimmontree.org\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"2\" border=\"0\" \/>around me<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.persimmontree.org\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"2\" border=\"0\" \/>it\u2019s true<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.persimmontree.org\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"2\" border=\"0\" \/>I\u2019m just<br \/>\nlike them<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.persimmontree.org\/images\/spacer.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"15\" height=\"2\" border=\"0\" \/>summertime water that the sun<br \/>\nsips and spits into this guzzling earth<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<em>Read at St. Lydia&#8217;s on Sunday, May 26, 2013<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Grace Paley One day I decided to not grow any older lots of luck I said to myself (my joking self)\u00a0\u00a0then I looked up at the sky which is wide\u00a0its bluenessits whiteness low on my leftthe steamy sun rosemoved I placed my hand against it\u00a0my whole hand which is broad from pinky to thumbnomy 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