The beauty of morning
Posted on July 14, 2006 - Filed Under And your point is?
This morning was one of those I really love. I walked outside and everything was very still and I could hear the various birds and bugs waking up. There was a bright moon still out and not a lot of clouds, so you could see the remaining stars. While I could hear some traffic from a nearby road, I could not hear the interstate. Normally when you walk outside, especially into our backyard, you can definately hear it, despite it being a good three miles away. I think it has something to do with the how dense the air is due to the humidity, i.e. the more saturated the air with with moisture, the less well sound travels through it, and the way the wind is moving. I long to live in a place where, before a certain hour of the day, you really can’t hear anything, certainly not the sound of traffic. I think I may get my wish in ID.
On a side note, the kind for which RaisingUs is perfect (because it has to do with how one or all of us is changing, evolving, and developing), I have always had a very difficult time waking up in the morning–just ask my mother. It has been so bad that I have basically had to rely on Erin to nudge me if I either didn’t respond to the alarm or got up, shut it off, and went back to bed. I have always been ashamed of this; a grown man, especially one with a job and responsibilities, ought to be able to accomplish this basic task, right? Well, as I just said, I was not able to handle it, or so I thought. When Maggie came along and Erin stopped working, some kind of switch was thrown in my brain somewhere. I became aware of how much Erin needed her sleep and should not be bothered with concerns of waking me. And so, every workday for the last four months, I have responded effectively to my alarm. It makes me feel good to know this; it is concrete evidence that I am, even subconsciously, taking this whole fatherhood and husbandhood thing seriously. There are definately other ways in which I need significant improvement, but to overcome something that has been in place for so long says something about how I am approaching my new roles.
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