Quiet

Quiet

Oh the sweet sound of Quietness! In the early morning before the sun isup. When the lights are low and thecoffee is brewing, filling the house with its wonderful aroma. When the ‘cherubs’ are still blissfullysleeping.

Then the man of the house goes off to work. The sunshine (some days!) starts sliding inthe windows, filling the rooms with warmth and light. The ‘cherubs’ straggle down the steps –usually not overly happy to be routed from their cozy beds. I understand. I don’t care for it either.

Then the cacophony of normal everyday homeschooling lifebegins. Do you ever get so overwhelmedwith the NOISE that you shout “QUIET!”??

The irony is rather humorous – I’m usually making more noise tellingthem to BE QUIET than the noise they are making. (In my defense I HAVE to makemore noise for them to hear me)
For some the blessed Quietness returns as you, with a heartfelt sigh, send themoff to the bus or drop them off at school. I’ve been there – it feels quite niceJ

For me this morning as I pen this it is as the school daybegins – here at home. Earphones on, mytwo older girls are listening to their online teachers. Little Sister has fallen back asleep on thecouch. And I bask in the Quiet.

I’m told that someday my house will be mostly Quiet (andclean!) and that at that point I willnot like the Quiet quite so much. Butfor now, at this stage of my life, I soak in the Quiet and enjoy every singleblessed second of it. I will deal with ‘someday’when it arrives.

And now it appears the students have finished their firstlessons. The Quiet has been broken. So I will rally myself for another day oflife. And look forward to 9pm when I cantuck them all in bed and once more soak in some Quiet.

On a completely unrelated note – my laptop should arrivetoday. I will soon be ‘typing’ insteadof ‘penning’ when I write blog posts in my warm living room. And my fingers, toes and nose will no longerfreeze when posting. Hooray!

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