Thursday This n That: A Silent Need

Little feet pad softly across the cool night floor and into my room.  I hear him, but I say nothing.

He slips quietly through the shadows until he is right at my bedside.  Slowly he lowers himself to sit with his back pressed against the mattress.  He says nothing, so I wait.

A few moments pass and I see his tiny form begin to move.  His hand brushes down my leg as he soundlessly slips back to his bed.  The room is still again, with only the sound of my husbands quiet breathing.

I don't immediately drift back to sleep because the Lord now has my attention.  He has shown me a little boy that sometimes just needs to be close.  One that doesn't always require words, but is simply wanting to be near. A 10 year old trying so hard to navigate those years between being a boy and becoming a man.  It isn't always easy to be vulnerable to the need for your mother.

I'm glad I stayed silent and just let him be.  I'm thankful I allowed him to drink in the moment of having Mama all to himself!

Tonight perhaps he'll find me at his bedside, wanting for all the world to hold on to one more day with my little man!  Something tells me he won't mind!

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By Kasey N. from These Five of Mine Plus Two