Cleared space

It surprises me every time.  One cleared space encourages order in more things than the obvious.   In our house the dining table is the center of family activity, or at least it*s the center when it is not overtaken with clutter.  I forget this.  It is good to be surprised, again.

The dining table:

It*s the center of the known universe.

It holds three laptop computers,

Homework,

Grading,

Often bills and catalogues.

We cleared it for Thanksgiving.

Now the Advent wreath holds court

At one end.

The cloth napkins from Thanksgiving

Mark three places

For us,

The family,

To eat.

Now we begin to sort the mail,

Recycle the catalogues,

Put the bills in a findable place.

Now, five days out,

We really set the table

For dinner.

The computers are put away.

The first purple candle

Is lit.

We even think of special things

To eat.

It is amazing what one simple cleared space

Can offer.

In our house the dining table

Is the center of the known universe.

When it is cleared,

The possibilities

Are endless.