Quiet has many moods. When our sons are home, their energy is palpable. Even when they’re upstairs sleeping I can sense them, can feel the house filling with their presence, expanding like a sail billowed with air. I love the dawn stillness of a house full of sleepers, love knowing that within these walls our entire family is contained and safe, reunited, our stable four-sided shape resurrected. But those days are the exception now, not the norm.
~ Katrina Kenison, Magical Journey: An Apprenticeship in Contentment
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- Photo: Zsaj with Morning, Sleep In
- Related posts: Katrina Kenison
Take those moments from the time thief; wedged them securely in your heart, embed them into the fabric of your mind; and guard with all your might those true treasures.
beautiful stated Debi.
thank you David
Well written
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I also loved the dawn of stillness …
Beautifully expressed. I feel the same way in those special moments when everyone is together.
Yes. Reunited and safe…
These words, ” I love the dawn stillness of a house full of sleepers, love knowing that within these walls our entire family is contained and safe, reunited, our stable four-sided shape resurrected”…a universal comfort for those so blessed…
That passage touched me deeply too Christie…
i miss that too and relish the times when it happens –
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so true………….
Ah memories of many years ago… Diane
And for me, it is present. 🙁
Ah yes, wonderful memories, David. 🙂
They really are Sylvia