Madness

"I have finally seen the light
And I have finally realised what you mean
And now I need to know is this real love
Or is it just madness keeping us afloat?
MA MA MA MA MA MA MA MA Mad Mad Mad
MA MA MA MA MA MA MA MA Mad Mad Mad"

From "Madness" by Muse, lyrics by Matthew Bellamy

It's madness to send your child off to school at -8 degrees Fahrenheit....

Madness to casually time the skid of your minivan as you take a left turn out of your driveway...

Madness to lift your head to survey the echoing cavern of pod C at the detention center, temporarily filled with forty men in orange and red jumpsuits, listening to you teach basic Spanish and English . . .

Madness to make it to tutoring, Spanish class, basketball practice, Scouts and a band concert in one day  . . . 

(and sheer relief that two of those were cancelled due to Arctic chill),

Sheer glorious madness to order Christmas cards and spend three hours updating the Christmas card address list  . . . 

Because last year, I couldn't do any of it, not at all.

Thank you, God, for the sheer glorious madness of participating in this life!