Last night I had trouble sleeping. Insomnia and I go way back. I tossed and turned and drifted in and out of anxious dreams. I got up and paced for a while and went back to bed. I opened the window. Then I closed the window. Then I opened it again. I had more anxious dreams.
Finally around 3am, I got up and went into Eva’s room and sat on the rocking chair. I opened her window a crack because it was stuffy in the room. I just sat there feeling the cool breeze and listened to her breathe and suck her thumb and make little sleeping baby coos. I sat there for the longest time and all the stress melted out of me.
I went back to bed and slept soundly, dreaming of silly things that made me laugh out loud.
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