Day 4

Peace and Quiet. How often we wish for just a little bit of this, but how rarely do we receive it. Sometimes we are blessed with an abundance of it. Sometimes it is a true task to just carve out a few lone minutes, but today I had a whole hour. Usually the cat wakes me at 7. Then I groggily pad downstairs to feed her, start my coffee, and begin to read my devotions as I wait for the children to wake up. But today everyone slept in, even the cat. I awoke at 8, not to the sound of howling for food, but to silence. As I sat up, the cat stared at me and then remembered she hadn't eaten yet. So together we crept downstairs and enjoyed an entire hour of peace and quiet. When the children awoke, they were refreshed and so was I. What a nice surprise!