stillness

I'm going to keep this very short tonight.

Last Friday it was short because I was having girls night.

Tonight it is short because I am taking some quiet time.

I often long for an "abandoned house" where I can go and just be still.

Tonight, even for just a few hours I am taking these moments of abandon. No noise, few distractions, just me, a very quiet little pup named and some reading.

I need moments of solitude, more than I can even express. I realized when I am in those moments just how much I crave and value them.

So I'm signing off now, I'm going to sit here in the stillness...

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