What Are You Waiting For? An Anthology Edited By Kathy Curto
This poignant collection of essays, poetry, and artwork invites readers to reconsider what it means to wait. We all know the small, everyday waits—waiting for a plane to arrive, the workday to end, or a doctor to open the exam room door. But the writers, poets and artists in this collection explore this everyday human experience— at once universal and wholly unique-- in deeper and varied ways.
They write about waiting for a loved one to succumb to a terminal illness; waiting for heartbreak to soften; waiting for a child to grow up—and then wishing they were small again.
Throughout the book, the theme of gardening emerges as a quiet metaphor for hope and patience. What will grow? And when?
These twenty-nine contributors capture the essence of waiting through varied lenses and, ultimately, remind us: there can be richness and growth in the stillness, in the space that lives between the now and what comes next.
This poignant collection of essays, poetry, and artwork invites readers to reconsider what it means to wait. We all know the small, everyday waits—waiting for a plane to arrive, the workday to end, or a doctor to open the exam room door. But the writers, poets and artists in this collection explore this everyday human experience— at once universal and wholly unique-- in deeper and varied ways.
They write about waiting for a loved one to succumb to a terminal illness; waiting for heartbreak to soften; waiting for a child to grow up—and then wishing they were small again.
Throughout the book, the theme of gardening emerges as a quiet metaphor for hope and patience. What will grow? And when?
These twenty-nine contributors capture the essence of waiting through varied lenses and, ultimately, remind us: there can be richness and growth in the stillness, in the space that lives between the now and what comes next.