Silence.....

I always knew that silence was golden, of the lambs and can be broken, however, I had never realized that it could become extinct.This is a realization that I came to during a moment of silence I shared here with myself last night. I decided that the rainy weather, Christmas lights and an unfinished best seller needed more of my attention than the TV. I sat here in complete peace and quiet reading my book curled up under a blanket when it hit me! Actually, she hit me! Audrey kicked me so hard my belly jumped! That baby, who's sounds are muffled by amniotic fluid and my uterus wasn't having any of this silence!

With each passing paragraph I found her movements to be deliberate and pretty well timed if you ask me. I started thinking, "oh man, this is it, 97 more days and this quiet time will never happen again!". It brought a tiny tear to my eye. I got up and walked into the bedroom, turned on the light which startled the cat, and peered into that empty crib. It was so quiet, I got chills. I looked at the cat curled up on the bed, she looked back at me with one eye open and I said to her, "this is it kiddo, enjoy it while you can, because silence is about to become extinct".

With that being said I headed back the couch, sat the book aside and turned the TV back on.