Today as I sip my latte in Starbucks, I have to admit to being a little frazzled. Okay, maybe more than a little.

It all started on New Year’s Day, when I woke up with a migraine. Never a good thing on the dawning of a new year. It was symbolic, or perhaps a foreshadowing of things to come.  Things being a leaking fish tank on the lower level which caused several dominoes to fall, leading to a reno we weren’t going to do, and asbestos in our popcorn ceiling of the entire main floor of the house, leading to a reno similar to the one required by London Bridge.

I woke up in the dark tunnel of an overwhelming “to-do” list which is now competing with my Oxford Dictionary for length.  But then, in the midst of the darkness, something happened. I decided to twist the lens. To find a different view. A view that was more appealing than the weighty “to-do” list. What I found was a lot of happy pieces coming together like brightly coloured shards of glass forming a brilliant mosaic.

Here are a few of the happy pieces:

• My presentations WILL get done despite the additions to the list.
• My manuscript, while long overdue, is coming together nicely.
• Next week  I get to speak at a convention and stay in a peaceful hotel, leaving the lengthy list behind at least until the week end.
• The weather has turned suddenly spring-like and sunny, making the many errands much more enjoyable.
• My daughter is very happy at school.
• Nana is coming to babysit while I’m away.
• My husband is taming his own “to-do” list for our “project”.
• We will have a beautiful, like-new house when we are finished. (We will get finished some day – right???)

Sometimes when the view is dark, it just takes a little twist of the lens to improve the view.  ( Thanks to Kaleidoscope Literary Conference for the title).

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