Early Mornings

i used to thrive on mornings. if i woke up past 8 it set a tone for the day that i was missing out on all i could have done. in college when i lived with heidi, jenny and nikki in the natahala house, i'd get up around 5:30 and ride my bike to school. it was such a neat time in athens bc i was one of the few out and about...i'd pray and sing and breathe the morning air....so clean and fresh and ready to be used that day. it was my quiet time.
now, things are a little different =)
i rub my eyes to get them to open and am amazed at the creakiness in my body when my feet hit the floor =) i think we'd just almost returned to the place of full nights sleep and the love of early mornings when jack was about 2...i mean, he had been sleeping well for a while, but we just had a lot of commotion in our lives that past year...er visits, getting used to the whipoorwills =), being pregnant....alot seemed to disrupt our sleep...but i know it will come again and these months of sleepiness will be a faint memory.
all that ramble to say!!! that the past couple mornings, esme has woken up early and as not to wake up the household, i've wrapped her up and we've walked haywood valley road...one of the prettiest roads in georgia. there are so many birds and critters waking up and the mist that settles in this valley is magical. it has been a glimpse of remembrance of those college days and how i loved the time before the sun.
the time here has been good...and restful...chatting with grace and walking with tom and the kids...i am hoping to go to my dad and sandra's tomorrow...if they are home for memorial day...and then on home me thinks...i miss my josh....i realize even more when i am away from him how he is an extension of almost all i do...i feel a little less myself without him.