Post by justp on Oct 26, 2006 23:05:28 GMT -5
The most illusive thing in life is often times a smile. Not just the artificial one you get selling chocolate; the waitress who is attempting to work her way through college and would much rather be studying than serving you. I am talking about that full face; body; and spirit smile; the one that makes people stop and smile with you. Have you ever just wanted so badly to wake up to that smile and disappear into it for the day? I have and used to often.
When I am home now the kids are often times demanding of my attention and the little time I have to appreciate even their laughter. My new found room-mate is waiting patiently for some sign that it is her turn to give me the low down on what has been happening with the kids and house as well as her. I have a difficult time finding that illusive smile until they are all in bed for the night. I sit and listen to the quiet and go into each room to listen to them sleep. I watch their chests rise and fall with the silence of happy slumber. I slowly make my way through the house listening to them coo sweetly in the night and wonder if they all know how much they mean to me. As the hours of the night move on I drift off in the happiest of moods. They are all safe, happy and loved. Their world is a happy and secure place.
As I often leave the house prior to any of them even opening their eyes I get that overwhelming feeling that they are the most important people in my life. I often have to sneak in and see how they are sleeping and cover them again as I leave them all with a kiss on the forehead. They seem to know I am there and have this wonderful smile come over their little faces and snuggle down into their covers again. I watch their smiles and get that most wonderful feeling welling up inside… that smile that I cannot subdue any longer … the one that always seems so illusive when I first arrive in the door at night.
I love them all so much and they seem to have discovered how to reward this tired old work horse for the hours I keep and the time I have to spend away from them. A smile from their very souls to mine each and every morning; each and every still moment in the night as they sleep in that wonderful land of slumber. Their hugs and kisses as they go off to bed and welcome me home make everything perfect for the whole being smile.
Thank you to my wonderful home front; I love you all and miss you terribly while I am off in Charlie daily.
When I am home now the kids are often times demanding of my attention and the little time I have to appreciate even their laughter. My new found room-mate is waiting patiently for some sign that it is her turn to give me the low down on what has been happening with the kids and house as well as her. I have a difficult time finding that illusive smile until they are all in bed for the night. I sit and listen to the quiet and go into each room to listen to them sleep. I watch their chests rise and fall with the silence of happy slumber. I slowly make my way through the house listening to them coo sweetly in the night and wonder if they all know how much they mean to me. As the hours of the night move on I drift off in the happiest of moods. They are all safe, happy and loved. Their world is a happy and secure place.
As I often leave the house prior to any of them even opening their eyes I get that overwhelming feeling that they are the most important people in my life. I often have to sneak in and see how they are sleeping and cover them again as I leave them all with a kiss on the forehead. They seem to know I am there and have this wonderful smile come over their little faces and snuggle down into their covers again. I watch their smiles and get that most wonderful feeling welling up inside… that smile that I cannot subdue any longer … the one that always seems so illusive when I first arrive in the door at night.
I love them all so much and they seem to have discovered how to reward this tired old work horse for the hours I keep and the time I have to spend away from them. A smile from their very souls to mine each and every morning; each and every still moment in the night as they sleep in that wonderful land of slumber. Their hugs and kisses as they go off to bed and welcome me home make everything perfect for the whole being smile.
Thank you to my wonderful home front; I love you all and miss you terribly while I am off in Charlie daily.
and believe me... she loves you very much. You are the best friend, confidante she has ever had.