Anticipating motherhood, you expect there will be things you are going to miss – travel, adventure, spontaneity. But actually it’s the simpler pleasures that you wind up pining away for. Things like a solitary meal or being able to actually stay in bed when you’re sick.
That’s why I really treasure days like today. Yesterday, Friday, I was feverish with kids. Today my husband was able to take them, and I was free to lie in bed, read, and notice the things around me. From time to time Solvi would bring me something: a “get well” lego structure she made or some dolls to keep me company. But mostly I was alone. Alone.
After meeting up at the beach, Chad and the kids came home with my friend Al and the girls. Hubbub ensued below me while I stayed tucked away upstairs under the eaves. At some point Al brought up a pot of mint tea, made with leaves from my own herb patch, and a touch of honey. Delicious. As well as a tiny chamomile flower picked by Solvi. Smile.
It’s so rare that I get a whole day to myself like this. So even if it means I have to be sick, I’ll treasure it for all it’s worth.
a solitary chamomile flower
bed fellows
mint tea with honey
view at my feet
“get well” lego structure
view from the bed: ship’s lantern reflected in mirror
view from the bed: ship’s lantern reflected on map of Cape Cod
sick bed
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The fact that I’m reviewing your blog instead of working tells all. I’ve been wondering when a picture of the map would make it onto the blog. One of my favorite treasures. I’ll never regret having gotten that map framed. I study it nearly every time we’re there.
hope your feeling better Justine and completely enjoyed “your day”. it was so very heart warming to see you still have and best of all are using a few treasures from my little shop. ps..chad, that map is wonderful, i have a similar one that soon will be out of storage, cannot wait. sue
Love that mirror!
Your husband is funny.
Hope you feel better by now…
and enjoy the rest of summer.
Audrey says hi to Oliver.