Silence is golden…

temporarily!!

Do you hear that? Lean in close and try again… anything???

No? Really? Oh, me either.

Every day I am more aware that it's summer and there is a portion of time when I am without boys.

Contrasted from a week ago when I was beginning week three of a segment in summer when they had no time away from Mom – their Dad planned two trips out-of-state; thus, they couldn't visit for dinners or weekends.

There are many emotions for boys (stresses for Mom) and strange behaviors (struggles for Mom) when boys feel fatherless (tiring for Mom) – even temporarily.

But -- today… no boys, no noise (well the fans, but they are pretty much white noise now).

No boys, no toys (my feet are safe from Legos).

No boys, no chomping (sounds of food disappearing faster than I can buy it)

No boys, no trails (flip flops, wet towels and swimsuits from front door to bathroom)

No boys, no silly jokes (why did the teenager steal the car keys? to see his Pop explode)

No boys, no hugs and kisses from sleepy lips and arms before work (dang, I gotta stop)

Okay, so it's a mixed bag, really – for me there's peace and quiet, additional freedom to workout, plan events, or to stop by here-n-there after work… quite nice. Getting a lot of things done… priceless!!

Realizing that this will last another 10 days … uhhhmm

VACANT… volumes of thoughts to share are echoing in the silence.

Click, click, turn … hmm?

10 pm and the front door opens … whaats that?

"Hello Mom!!" It's da BOYS!!! They came over to say hi before leaving town for a week-long trip!!!

Then again they wanted to pick up DVDs, iPods, chargers and a couple extra t-shirts … (while grabbing a quick snack from the fridge, leaving a trail of shoes as they search from room-to-room, telling stories and sharing tons of hugs & kisses for the week… all in the 10 minutes they visited)!!

AHHHH. . . . you hear that?

Sound of a full heart and a cup that are bubbling over!!!

HonuGirl