At my age, sleep has suddenly become the most precious commodity. Where did those days go when you hit the pillow and never rolled over again until dawn? Gone the way of age and hormones and fewer activities to manage day to day. All those years were so filled to the brim that by the time I went to bed I was almost comatose. Now it is quickly to sleep only to wake up hour after hour. Surely I have not arrived at the age where I will never sleep through again and will need an afternoon nap!
Thankfully when I was so busy I could not breathe I actually both enjoyed it and appreciated that it was the happiest time of my life. Moving from hot breakfast to making lunch to work to the school to pick someone up, to lacrossse and baseball and horseback riding and soccer and tutors and driving lessons and ballet and school meetings and making dinner and managing homework and doing the laundry and cleaning the house...on it went until I fell asleep from exhaustion only to wake up and do it all again. How grateful I was and am for such a full and happy life as a Mom.
Perhaps as the next stages come in life things will settle into a routine again...in the meantime I am going home to do downward dog and check the status of my knees!
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