Haiku-A-Day December Challenge #11: December Freeze

For the last three years, I've intentionally spent time writing and sharing a Haiku-A-Day for the month of December. The first two years I exchanged a daily Haiku privately with willing friends, mostly through text and email. Last year I wrote and shared each Haiku on my blog. Throughout this process, I've discovered that the practice of noticing and reflecting through writing a Haiku grounds me, provides with with a certain kind of peace, assists me with better practicing gratitude, and helps me better navigate this "hurry up" world. This year my goal is the same as last year: to pen and publish a daily Haiku on my blog throughout December. 

Haiku-A-Day December Challenge #11: 

December Freeze 

"Mom, I'm SO cold! The Weather Channel says it's below zero outside, but it's like ice in here. I just don't want to get ready!" My eleven-year-old whined as she peeled out of bed this morning. 

She's right. It's a frigid Wisconsin morning. Thankfully, inside our house it is a comfortable 67 degrees Fahrenheit.

"Can you imagine being outside right now?" I responded, "We are lucky to live in a heated house with enough clothes and warm blankets." 

"I know, but it's just soooo cold. I want to crawl back to bed and snuggle under the covers." 

"I didn't want to get up today either," I confessed, thinking already about how cold it would be just from the walk from my house to the garage and then from the car to school. I had silently wished for a "cold day," but according to the local weather station, I knew the weather was not supposed to reach a windchill of below 35 degrees below zero today for an extended period of time during the school day - maybe only 25 degrees below zero. Not cold enough to cancel school. 

Sub zero. Freezing./

Hardwood floor morning chill. Heat/

blows through register. 

We yearn to return/
to warm, comfortable bed./
Cold unbearable.