Comments on: Quiet

By: Susanne

Susanne — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 04:30:41 +0000

I too, need my silent time each day and like you it’s after the kids have gone to bed. But this is when I stop myself long enough to be able to think and reflect and just catch my breath!

By: crickl's nest

crickl's nest — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 17:28:39 +0000

No, you’re not the only one.

Late at night is the only refuge of aloneness I have! Oh, and I broke my toe one late night, when the drier buzzer went off about 1am. I was running through the family room to open the drier door before it woke anyone! Snagged my baby toe on a chair leg. (we were to leave on the youth ski trip the next morning….me as a chapperone….don’t you just feel like a dork when that happens?) Ouchy…..sorry…

Christie

By: Amy Scott

Amy Scott — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 17:28:39 +0000

(Where are the smilies?!)

I don’t know. They disappeared into the cyber abyss.

Are you in NC?

No, I wrote this entry while on vacation. We live in central Florida.

You know, your toe-breaking skills are amazing!

Thank you. Thank-you-very-much.

By: BlogWatch

BlogWatch — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 15:23:16 +0000

Less Noise

The blessing of stillness, thoughts of Amy at Amy’s Humble Musings on the stillness when the baby (finally) sleeps….

By: Another Heather

Another Heather — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:23:20 +0000

We do afternoon quiet times and I stay up late at night, too. Sometimes I end up dozing on the couch just because I can finally relax a bit–sometimes I’m just so tired I can’t make it to bed! (Where are the smilies?!) Thanks again for reminding us of why and the how we do things, Amy.

By: Julie P

Julie P — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 12:58:51 +0000

I too have a scheduled “quiet time” in the afternoon. Our boys are too old for naps, but the rest does them good and the silence for me is “priceless”. It also puts us all in a better mood when Dad comes in from work, so it benefits us all. Thanks for the reminders Amy!!

By: flipflop

flipflop — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 12:38:31 +0000

I am like that too. I stay up late because of the silence. There is a peace of being at home when everyone is in bed and quiet. Are you in NC? I’m in the mountains too.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:14:55 +0000

I stay up later now that I have kids and for the same reason. I just need quiet time to myself. If I can’t digest my life a little each day, I start to go a bit nutty.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:51:33 +0000

Oh, so it’s “Go to bed, woman” and not “COME to bed, woman?” The latter is more what my husband says to me… More appealing to comply with! When my husband’s not in town, my “sleep conscience” is absent, and so I get very little sleep - like I went to bed at 4am the first night he was gone this trip…yikes! I see how much I need him.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 06:00:14 +0000

I often say that “alone with her home” is what every woman wants.

I’m told guys do too.