Post by edith on Apr 7, 2011 11:49:35 GMT -8
Saturday, September 3, 2011
9:00 a.m.
Oh, this was ridiculous! Edith had come to the park here in Diagon Alley with every intention of meditating--or at least trying it. She'd figured with the school-aged children back at Hogwarts, she surely wouldn't have to deal with too many people. Sure, she'd figured there would be the old couples taking walks, perhaps a few people out on jogs. She'd even figured there would be the mother with her toddler at the swing set. She had never figured on the mother with her toddler at the swing set with a baby in a carrier on the ground beside her as she pushed her son. The baby was crying, and the mother was simply ignoring it. Apparently she was one of those types that believed in letting a baby cry it out if they didn't need anything, and apparently, the mother had decided with a mere glance the baby had just wanted attention.
But she was determined to tune it out. Her co-worker, Pete Sanders, had told her she couldn't tune anything out or let go of anything and that she was way too high-stress. She was determined to prove him wrong. So, Edie crossed her legs again, smoothed her yoga pants, straightened her posture, closed her eyes, and rested the back of her wrists against her knees, her thumbs and index fingers curled to meet. Focus on the breath. In, out, in, out, in, out... Don't let it get to you, Edie! She could feel the tension forming, however. But no! It would not be a losing battle. In and out, in and out, in and out... Her brows raised, though her eyes remained closed. In and out, in and out, in and out...
Didn't they say something about imagining a room where you're happy? Yeah, but all she could find at first was David's living room and the couch they had one spent night after night cuddling on and talking. And now all she was seeing was babies--crying.
Focus, Edie, focus... In and out, in and out... "Oh for the love of--!" she exclaimed, her eyes snapping open as she suddenly rose to her feet to go walk over to the mother and tell her to do something about her baby or she would. However, she was never to make it over there because...