You can imagine my delight when Dr. Rick Hanson asked me if he could read "A Teachable Moment" aloud to his class at Spirit Rock! Talk about taking in the good! I don't think I've been that excited since Mrs. Contey, my third grade teacher, asked the local newspaper to publish my writing assignment. And, they did!
A Teachable Moment
by Lauren Taub Cohen
I awake to the hiss
of water winding its way
through the indifferent clang
of pre-war pipes.
I can smell the steam
before I feel it.
The twitch to begin the day beckons
but a reminder to pause asserts itself.
Why am I so quick to obey
this compulsive command
to do and go?
Why dismiss this moment
of delicious ease?
Isn’t this exactly what I’ve been searching to find
aching to feel?
Safe and soothed.
I relax back
into my bed,
burrow beneath the blankets
and snuggle beside this unexpected gift,
which almost went
untreasured.
