If you could rename today because you believe “Monday” is a worn out word, what might it be? What would you call this day if you could call it anything you choose? Let’s pretend that next week on this day, you could invent a completely new name, and every week after. (I realize this would be confusing for Amazon deliveries, and would eventually get annoying. But for now, shed your practicality. We’re pretending!)
I might call today “Bake and Breathe Day”, which puts the word “Monday” to shame. Today might be your back-to-work/school day, but for me it is a day off. I would choose this clever name due to the way feeding teenage boys seems easier if I do some baking on my day off. And, I try to spend some of this day taking a deep breath and writing (like right now).
Even though you cannot rewrite the calendar, you can rename this day for yourself. You can look around your life and note what it is that you need today. If today is tough, could it be “Please More Coffee or Water Day”? “A Walk Might Help Day”? “Be Extra Gentle on Myself Day”?
Maybe you love Mondays because you return to the action of the week. “Bring It On Day” might work. Or just, “Ready Enough Day”.
Last Friday, what I needed most was a long walk by myself. That day could have been called “Long Lonely Walk Day”, except that sounds way too somber! Also it might already be the name of a Western. I can’t be sure.
This might be a chemo or radiation or dialysis day for you. “Healing Day” fits. It might be a day you have to face something you happily avoided all weekend. “Reckoning Day” is nicely dramatic. My Tuesdays often become “No More Freaking Cookies Day” after I’ve done all that baking (and sampling) the day before.
A day has a tendency to get away from you. But this is the only one like it you’ll ever get. You have a particular need today, you beautiful human, that you get to name. What might you rename this day? I hope you will think of one, and I’ll give you a few others. Today and every day (even Mondays) are your “God Is With Me” days. Or, “Covered In Mercy Day”. Or, “I Don’t Care To Name A Day, But I Do Care That God Names Me Beloved.” Hmmm, kind of long. Good luck.
Lisa Lewton 