The house is all quiet.
I just walked in and my Little One was half awake, half asleep in my arms. I hugged her and kissed her and put her down for her nap…
It has been a busy morning, a busy week… but now, the house is quiet.
It is just me, this computer humming… and my Little One sleeping soundly…
For the past week my sister has been in town visiting me and today, she left to return home. We have had an amazing time together – ah, what a fun filled week! We laughed; we giggled; we shared stories; we cooked together; we shopped; we sang; we danced; we went on walks… oh, so many things….
She was such a super help to me… I cannot even begin to list how helpful she was. I love it that she takes initiative; I don’t have to ask her to do something for me… she just knows, she sees a need and fills it with her kind heart and able hands. She has that awareness that I love in people. Some of my closest friends also have that same perceptive character – they see a need and they jump in to help. Others never notice the need… they are living in a fog or something, I am not sure… but they move about unaware about what might be occurring around them… or perhaps they are so self involved, that they don’t see how they can help…
My sister isn’t like that. My mom and dad raised us to have that awareness and I am hoping that I can do the same for my children… so they can anticipate a situation before it happens… that seeing ahead of time, jumping in to help… not waiting to be asked… oh, I love that. I want to help my children be that. I want more of that in me. Less of me, more of others.
That service minded heart.
Here I am, in this quiet house reflecting on the beauty of the week…
I miss my sister greatly right now. Right at this moment.
I am so thankful she was here.
And I miss her in the quiet of this house.
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