

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Quiet Time

It only took me 31 years (and after my third baby made her way here) to really get why moms would NEED quiet time. And why getting up an hour or two before the kids and enjoying a hot cup of coffee before the day really starts is so important. I used to hate getting up early, and hate being alone, so why in the world would I ever want to get up early just to be by myself. Made absolutely no sense to me whatsoever. But now, with a 5 year old girl talking non stop, and a one year old girl babbling non stop, and a 3 year old boy who is constantly moving. I need that quiet time. NEED. The days that I get it go so much more smoothly than those when I wake up with the kids. This is the time I like to pray. I try praying throughout the day but there are just SO many distractions, I can hardly finish a thought.


"Two hands full of striving after wind" is a really good way to describe the days I don't get in quiet time and prayer in the morning. I think I'll make this my quiet time verse.

Along these lines, going from two kids to three was harder for me than going from one to two.

Edited to add: A few hours after I posted this here my sister-in-law shared THIS article and it seems I am a highly sensitive parent. Who knew?

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