Sep 19 2008
A Moment’s Peace - Mommy Lesson #143
It was sunset. The children were outside, playing and chasing each other on the freshly cut grass. The humidity had lifted and a fresh breeze ruffled the leaves on our avocado tree. The stars were starting to emerge against the clear night sky and I said to myself, “self, chill the heck out for a moment and take it all in.”
So I did.
I took off my shoes, walked across the freshly mowed yard, and laid down on the kids’ slide, my arms behind my head as I stared up at the sky.
Gone was the tension that had built during the day. Abandoned were my dishes and laundry and even the blogosphere. I stared up at the vast universe, contemplating how brief our journeys through it are, feeling philosophical as the last reluctant beams of sunlight faded, loving the moment and all around me…
Then a toddler decided sliding down on to mommy’s oh-so-peaceful-philosophizing head was the way to go.
Then a certain five year old decided sliding down right behind his baby brother and pinning said toddler between his crotch and mommy’s now screaming head was an opportunity he couldn’t pass up.
My hair was caught in two sets of little feet, being ripped a strand at a time from my scalp as my body slipped off the slide and my children pushed off from my head to get away from the shrieking.
The moral of the story?
When trying to sneak a moment’s peace, it helps if the children are in another state…and that you not recline in a visible high traffic area.
