{"id":1283,"date":"2007-09-10T02:48:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-10T06:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2007\/09\/10\/sunday-night-cleaning\/"},"modified":"2007-09-10T02:48:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-10T06:48:00","slug":"sunday-night-cleaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2007\/09\/10\/sunday-night-cleaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday night – cleaning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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10:30<\/st1:time> Sunday night.. Peaceful and cool. I’m writing from Sam’s room just like I used to in the early days of this blog. There have been people or things piled in his room for most of the summer. It’s nice to have it back as sort of a quiet space.   <\/span><\/p>\n

Today was one of those rainy fall days where you just don’t feel like going outside I did manage to get out for a run, but that was it. I spent the entire day trying to clean out my closet and dresser..<\/p>\n

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t was a major undertaking. I’d been  <\/span>accumulating stuff for years.. and was running out of places to stack my clothes. I knew that going through all that stuff was bound to stir up memories.. and it did.. but it was still nice to do.. I’m amazed at some of the stuff I dug out of there\u2026  <\/span>tons of old clothes that I never wear that I’ll be donating somewhere.. and tons of clothes I’d forgotten I had\u2026not much variety but 20 pairs of blue jeans, 20 pairs of khakis. .  <\/span>the nice thing is that everything I own still fits !… <\/p>\n

The big finds in there were pictures and stuff from the kids: lots of school artwork. thing they made for me, knickknacks they bought me at garage sales, etc.  <\/span>  <\/span>There were several things I found from Sam.. each time I found one I had to stop for a few minutes\u2026  <\/span>Each piece I could feel in my heart.. handling each piece was a little more mouring and a little more healing. The process of my life now.  <\/span>Here are a few things I found.. <\/p>\n

 Sams 4th Grade Music Certificate<\/o:p><\/p>\n

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A Present he made Diane and me. All the boys make us stuff
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Thank you Sam.. I love you forever !
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A stack of last years school papers
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I also found the 21 year old receipt for Diane’s wedding ring.. which is a good thing, because I need to  <\/span>go and get it repaired. <\/p>\n

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By the time I was through, my closet was neat.. if not sparkling, my dresser was empty and I was a wreck.. Luckily Diane showed up with Deb in tow and started to make a spontaneous middle eastern feast ! Hummus, babganoush,  <\/span>falafel. Tzaziki, stir fried eggplant, olives, feta, beets.. yum !!!. I made Zatar bread. is this green spice that you can buy in the middle east that’s a mix of thyme, sesame seeds, sumac (usually) and salt. You sprinkle it on pits, drizzle it with olive oil and broil it.. it’s delicious. Zatar is also the name I use when I’m doing my Electricity magic shows. I’m not sure how I chose that name.. it just sounds much cooler and science-ier (science-ier ? ) than ‘John’ It’s even on my license plate !  <\/span>. Luckily there were a bunch of kids around to help us eat all that food.. <\/p>\n

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I got to talk to Max on the phone tonight\u2026  <\/span>It was so good talking to him even for a short bit. . I miss him so much sometimes. I know he’ll be OK down there\u2026 it’s just hard letting go sometimes for me.  <\/span>Right now.. I need to  <\/span>get some sleep. I’m traveling some this week and need to get my beauty rest..   <\/span>Goodnight to you all.. Good night Sam. <\/p>\n

-me<\/p>\n

I just repaired one of my lasers…. it loocked cool out in the mist
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