Five Minute Friday: Waking Up

My favorite part of my morning is when She wakes up.

As I sit in my chair reading His Word, I hear her softly padding down the steps from above.

She comes to my door with Sofia the doggie in hand. Rubbing Sophia’s ear gently against her upper lip, thumb in mouth, she crawls up into my lap.

I love that she still fits in my lap and still wants to snuggle. Her four year old body all curled up warm against my forty year old one. I love the softenss of her hair as it brushes my cheek. She pulls her knees up close to her chest and rests her head against my shoulder. She is not quite awake yet but the longer she sits there, the more talkative she becomes, the brighter and more wide-open her blue eyes become.

Some days, it takes longer than others.

Some days, we rock in the quiet in silence.

Some days, she talks from the very moment she climbs into my lap.

Some days, she never makes it as far as my lap and justs comes and gives a quick hug.

Some days, she never even makes it down the stairs, distracted by a toy or a sibling the moment her feet hit the floor or her big blue eyes open.

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Today is my first attempt at Five Minute Friday hosted by Lisa-Jo over at The Gypsy Mama. The premise of it is to set a timer and just write for five minutes straight.

This was a fun task and I will admit though the *writing* of it was only five minutes it took a bit longer to fix all my typos.

Why all the typos? Well, I concentrate better with my eyes closed and I don’t type as well not watching the words come up on the screen as I type. (This weekly exercise just may improve my typing skills as well!)

Set your timer for Five Minutes, write your heart out, and link up over at Lisa-Jo’s. (She gives a weekly prompt too! This weeks was “waking up”. )