Morning, First Thing
Woman in the Middle | January 26, 2016Honey gets out of bed at 7:15 and the tip tap of her toenails on the wood floor wakes me like no other sound. I know if I don’t get out of bed soon I will have a mess on my hands. So I jump up, put my feet in my slippers, grab a robe and GO! I find Honey on the kitchen, where Youngest Daughter is getting her breakfast, got the deaf dog’s attention, and hustle her down the hall and to the garage door.
When I open the door to the garage, two sets of eyes immediately open and give me slow sleepy blinks. I put the dog out and go over, turn off the space heater that gives the kittens a warm night’s sleep, and they come over, yawning ands stretching. I grab them up, two big furry babies making a fluffy scarf around my neck, and bring them inside.
I get a good look at Youngest Daughter for the first time and get to admire her in her work outfit before she flits out the door. Perfect ballerina bun, black and white top paired with black pants. I get a bit of a lump in my throat as I look at this perfectly put together creature, and think on the miracle of it all that she is mine. Of course, being a mother, my mind immediately goes to the dark side, and I say a silent prayer that God looks over her and keeps her safe today.
I run to put out some dry food for the kittens and let the barking dog inside. As I walk passed Eldest Daughter’s bedroom, I shut her bedroom door, hoping to keep the sound and animals out of her room to let her sleep a little longer.
I open the front door and go on the hunt for the newspaper that Hubby has kindly picked up out of the driveway and thrown up by the front door. But the hard wind we are having has already blown it into the planter. I finally find it and, as I walk in, I scan the headlines. I tell Youngest, as she runs off to another day at work, that the winds are blowing hard and to be careful.
And that, my friends, was my first fifteen minutes of this bright, sunny, and windy Tuesday. How was yours?
Sounds like a pretty normal 15 minutes to me, I am someone who gets up and dressed pretty much as soon as the alarm goes off then I am out of the house for my morning walk
My first fifteen consisted of making my bed, taking my vitamins, starting my coffee, and brushing my hair. You got in a lot more things than I did.