Sunday, November 18, 2012

Giving thanks for the staying in my life - Day 16

Blank.  Empty.  Daunting.  Full of promise.  Void of substance.  Quiet.

These are all the things that go through my mind as I stare at the white screen before me.

I am tired, it has been a hard week - and an expensive one as well (dishwasher/dryer/faucet/etc etc etc).  And the last thing I want to do tonight is go home to a mostly empty house and clean and do Christmas decorating.  What I really want to do is walk in the door from a long day at work and fall into the arms of the one who loves me most.  I want him to put his strong arms around me, tell me it is going to be ok, kiss my forehead and stay.  Stay close, hold me tight, keep me warm and safe.  Just stay.  But alas, he will be gone, and it will just be me and my girl.

But, I am sure she will want to snuggle up close and stay right by my side.  She will smile, play with my hair, and tell me she loves me and somewhere in those sweet gestures, I will hear my heavenly father telling me it is going to be ok, I am right here, I have not left - I will stay.  And in the end, that is really all I will need.

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