Just a thought...

Charlie starts his day job next week and I'm getting more and more back to my old self as I think about it. I guess I need him more than I thought I did.

I have come to find that I don't realize just how much someone brings joy into my life until they are gone out of a large chunk from the time they used to spend with me. Don't get me wrong, of course before he was ever gone, I knew he brought me joy, I married him didn't I? It's just that I can now really measure just how much joy it is and now I know how much our relationship has grown from when we were married 3 1/2 years ago.

But then I think about Mom. Dad died almost two years ago and she can never look forward to him changing his schedule and coming back to spend the evenings with her. I feel bad that I have been so selfish and have acted like a baby and it's even worse now that I feel happy to have him back because I think of her. So really what right do I have to complain? I miss Dad too, but I didn't spend my days with him like she did. I guess I can just say I truly understand the pain to some of the extent she deals with everyday.

Silly Girl

Savannah has been doing the funniest things lately. She's been using the arm rest covers from the couch as blankets for her stuffed animals or babies. She has several baby blankets, but she likes to wrap them up carefully with the arm rest cover and lays them in a safe place and looks at me with her finger to her mouth and says, "Sshhh." Too cute! I wonder if it's easier for her to handle since they are usually stiff, not soft as they are made out of the fabric the couch is. Sometimes she'll put her babies in her bed with her blanket on them and shut the door and as she's shutting it, she says, "Nigh-nigh. Shh." But the funniest thing of all was last night when she used her play telephone in place of the animals or the babies. She was even rocking it to sleep! I'd say she's starting to get an imagination.

Good news.

First off, can you believe it's March? Second, the skies have cleared and the sun is out today. Third, my husband has been offered a job working dayshift!

I am so happy to get him back! Need I say more?