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Friday, March 7, 2014

Peace

As I was laying in bed last night, everybody was asleep besides me. It was so peacefully quiet. All I could hear was the breaths taken from my family. I could feel my husband breathing right beside of me, hear the loud breaths from my pup below me, and the muffled breaths from the monitor of our little girl. I lay there tired, but wanted to just listen to these breaths a little longer.

My husbands breathing, well you see, I've had eleven years to memorize those breaths. I know every single thing there is to know about him, including how he breaths. Laying there beside him makes me think about how thankful I am that we met so early on in life. We have grown and changed so much in the past eleven years, but we have done it together. I'm so thankful that I have my best friend laying beside me. There is nobody else I would rather navigate life with than him.

Then there is my puppy. They say there is no love like the love you have for your children. And I completely agree. However, my love for my dog has not changed a bit since having Charlotte. Brutus has given us so much over the past four years. So much love we have received from this little tiny dog. I swear he gave us the best practice ever in preparation of having a child. I cannot wait for Charlie to love Brutus as much as we do.

Lastly, I listen to my daughter taking her breaths. Everytime I pick her up from her naps and she lay half alseep on me, I try and memorize her breathing right then and there. There is something about it that makes me close my eyes and smile. It may be the way she breaths deeper or faster or louder. I'm not sure. But just like everything about her, it's perfect and I want to savor everything about our beautiful angel. It's amazing how this kind of love makes you speechless and yet filled to the brim with things you want to say all at the same time.

Tonight, I lay here so blissfully thankful and in a state of peace.


11 comments:

Angela - RoseTinted Lenses said...

So beautiful x

Molly Warner said...

I love this! What a beautiful observation!

Jill @ Bluegrass Belle said...

This just made me smile :)

Becky said...

This made me smile too! Congrats on such a sweet family :)

Courtney said...

I absolutely loved this post, you are blessed indeed. And thank you for not becoming one of those owners who hates their dog after they have children. That is a huge pet peeve of mine

Angie said...

Sounds like your heart if full of love. There isn't a better feeling in the world!

Angela said...

Love just taking a moment to be grateful for your little joys. :) Beautiful post!

Allison said...

I love everything about this post. Especially that you still love your doggy as much now as you did before Charlotte. :) I won't lie...this post made me tear up a little bit. So sweet.

Faith said...

Such goose bumps reading this post! Love everything about it. Life is so, so good when you get to spend it with the ones you love.

Mrs. Pancakes said...

i love this...it's so important for us to remember the small and simple things in our lives that equal to big blessings!!

Mandy said...

This is one of my favorite posts! It makes me feel happy reading it, and I am glad you are blissfully happy too!