Quarter 3 - Blog #2

The reading that I did for this blog post was slightly different than my usual blog posts. Tonight I read a poem instead; it was a very touching poem called, "The Mourning is Over!", by Kevin Pace. I found this poem enlightening and inspiring because it really takes negative and makes positive, so to speak. From the poem,
"But the mourning is over! I now am confessing,
this burden I bear is more of a blessing.
I don’t fly through life like I did once before.
Enjoying the journey, you see so much more."
The author, Kevin Pace, is describing his Parkinson’s disease, a disease that causes neurologic movement disorders; basically is a disease that hinders your ability to move certain parts of your body, if not all parts. I really could understand how Kevin took what he had, and turned it around for himself. This relates to the novel, Nectar in a Sieve because of when all was going downhill for Rukmani and her family after the monsoon, when all of their crops were gone, food was in short supply, and they had to sell most of their belongings, they pulled through; whether it was because of hope or good faith, they made negative a positive.

Works Cited for Quarter 3 - Blog #2 :
"The Mourning is Over!" Feb 1 10:07 PM. allpoetry.com © Kevin Pace. February 4, 2009. http://allpoetry.com/poem/5013417