interruption

interruption
n.

1. The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.

2. The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition.

3. Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.

4. Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of her work.


As an artist, wife, mother, sister, daughter, friend, neighbor and all of the many other hats I wear, there is no end to the number of times I am interrupted during the course of any given day. I used to wish everyone and every thing could be like obedient children and raise their hands and wait for me to call on them before breaking into my life.

Now, I have learned to embrace these interruptions and to use their energy to propel my work. At least some of the time.

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