Monday, March 10, 2014

afternoon sun.

There were a great many thing to do today.  Important things, vital things.  
I went to the office and started them and just...couldn't.  Went home after 10 minutes and lay down with a fluffy pillow and blanket and a migraine that had won the day.

So many things to do-and they all had to wait.

Now in the quiet of late afternoon the sun is slanting through the window.  I look across the room and see a boy home from college sprawled on the sofa--sleeping.  
There's a breeze on my face on this winter-spring eve, a stolen joy that I wouldn't have but for a headache that put me to bed and left me with the energy of a snail.
And I'm thinking, is that such a bad thing after all?  To slow down enough that I sit in this patch of stained-glass sunlight and feel the breath of God brush my face.

I see the boy asleep across the room, and I'm thankful.

-lindasinklings

2 comments:

  1. This is lovely. I used to follow you on Tumblr and I'm glad to find you here. I am no longer on Tumblr either. I really like how you changed the view of something negative into something positive. My youngest daughter has been here this week on Spring Break and I have enjoyed it tremendously. Thanks for the reminder of that gift!

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    1. Thanks so much for your comment! And thanks for finding me. It's our youngest who is home also, graduating in two months. I still see him in his 'bowl cut' and red sneakers somehow. So glad you wrote - Linda

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