the long weekend done
back to work in the morning...
i am happy and quiet and full of solitude tonight
and tangible silence
{but wordy in my own head}
{if that makes sense}
{i feel like posting but i don't feel like talking}
i spent the day today just hanging with my 15 year old
bright and shiny girl...talking and napping and
giggling and sharing...and it was good.
the laundry didn't get done
and neither did the dishes
but i wouldn't have traded this afternoon
for any amount of money...
these small moments of
imperfect and unexpected connections...
these are the moments
that i guard and i steal and i hoard
like tiny bits of sweet sunshine
for the days that feel like the rain
will
never
ever
go
away
and i will never be warm again...
and then she surprises me
by leaning in close,
by lingering after supper to share stories,
by tickling and crawling into the bed
between her dad and me
to watch silly chocadooby videos on his iphone...
and i'm warm and happy and basking in her sunshine smile.