Clean Showers and New Teeth!

I woke up this morning to quiet.  I had been sleeping until the baby woke up seeing as how she has been keeping me up at night. Strange for her, little one who has been sleeping all night since eight weeks old.  I wonder and guess and adjust this and that.  What could be waking her?? What could be keeping her awake??? Sometimes it is just guesswork with babies. Anyway, I discovered today that the extra half an hour of sleep only leaves me feeling rushed and tired.  I cannot skip what I need most.


 I woke up this morning to quiet.  I spent time with my Savior and was life. I was life to my family and my students and my tasks.  I have no life without Him. 


 I woke up this morning to quiet and clean showers. Showers that I did not even clean myself. I woke up this morning to a shower cleaned by a husband who is willing to clean showers.  It is amazing that I ever have a complaining heart as blessed as I am.  A husband given by God who recognizes when I am in need of a little quiet and lets me read and write while he does my chores. 

I woke up this morning to a new smile.  A smile with a tooth! Baby girl, sweet face, a tiny new tooth, and she snuggles into me and I know she is not quite her normal self today. You see her normal self is a little bundle of energy who wants to get down and explore from the moment she wakes up until her little curly head hits the pillow. So I soak this up her new tooth and her head nuzzled in my neck and the smell of her and the warmth of her and I am overwhelmed with gratitude. What love is this?  


Is this how the Father feels when I wake up to quiet instead of hitting the ground running? Does he love when I snuggle up and stay close for awhile? Does he take joy in me like I take in her? 


I woke up to quiet this morning.