Five Minute Friday: Awake

On Fridays around these parts we stop, drop, and write.

For fun, for love of the sound of words, for play, for delight, for joy and celebration at the art of communication.

For only five short, bold, beautiful minutes. Unscripted and unedited. We just write without worrying if it’s just right or not.

Won’t you join us?

1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.
2. Link back here and invite others to join in.
3. Most important: comment and encourage the person who linked up before you.

OK, are you ready? Give me your best five minutes on:

Awake

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As I laid awake in my bed early this morning listening to my 7 month old moving around trying to get comfortable and fall back asleep I thought about how blessed I was to be awake.

Even though I get up in the morning tired from a sleepless night I am still thankful for the little boy who keeps me awake. My life has changed since his birth and I have never been so thankful for the moments and memories we make.

I find myself awake most nights either standing by his crib convincing him to go back to sleep or laying in my bed listening to him move around. I use these times of being awake to thank my Heavenly Father for the blessing in the crib and for the one snoring in the bed next to me.

Being awake at night isn’t my favorite thing but if it allows me a few extra minutes to pray for my family and the ones I love it is all worth it…of course sometimes that prayer is “Lord, Please help my son go back to sleep so I can sleep also” but most of the time it is praying for a friend who is hurting or for wisdom to help me be a good mom.

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4 Responses to “Five Minute Friday: Awake”

  1. Tirzah says on January 13th, 2012 at 9:51 am :

    What a heart felt post. my 6 yo woke me up twice in the middle of the night last night. We are beyond the times of being up all night and I have a tendancy to forget how it was. Thank you for the reminder that in these times, I am to Thank Him! Blessings to you today and enjoy the precious 7 month old!

  2. Kate Mckimmet says on January 13th, 2012 at 1:05 pm :

    I had a sharp reminder of the sleepless nights too last night as my 5 year old daughter was unwell in the night. Your post brought back memories of how I would rock and soothe my baby in arms while the world slept. It used to feel like I was the only person in the whole world awake at 2am and sometimes I longed for sleep, but sometimes those midnight moments were the most precious of all. In that stillness it is an opportunity to pray and cherish our small babies. Beautiful post, thank you.

  3. omily says on January 17th, 2012 at 3:39 am :

    Thanks for the reminder to give thanks to God, even though it is sometimes tiring :) I have a 6 month old that sometimes messes my schedule up or calls for my attention when I had other plans. But I do thank God for him…I don’t want to be forgetting His blessing for even a minute by being annoyed or grouchy:)

  4. Becka says on January 18th, 2012 at 10:30 am :

    What a great reminder to use my time wisely.