I love how the light streams through the lacey curtains in
my living room in the early morning. It is Sunday – extra sacred feeling – and my
house is quiet. There are three teen-aged girls sleeping in Emma’s room: young women who
chose to spend the night after a very raucous, clean, alcohol and drug free
party filled with choir kids, student government kids, theater kids.
Emma has hosted three parties here so far this year, study
groups and a “getting ready for the formal” get together.
I love that she enjoys having her friends here and they enjoy having been here. It was so loud and buzzy in here when the party was at its most full. From my spot in Emma’s room, reading and writing, all I could hear was the hum of voices coupled with spurts of laughter. I know they watched Monty Python and Pitch Perfect and played a couple games.
Emma’s room has a bathroom attached and through the bathroom there is a door to the pantry and kitchen. I call it “Hazel’s room” because of this, but it also allowed me to hear into the kitchen. Normally I don’t like when people rummage around my kitchen, but last night, I didn’t mind at all. I got to hear quiet giggles and smaller hums of kids who needed a break from the big clump of kids congregating on the sofa, the chairs and the comforter and pillow covered floor.
What I love the most about these parties Emma hosts are the
mornings afterwards when I wake up and breathe with such contentment. There is
nothing that makes me happier than my children being happy.
When you add the sun reaching in through the windows, I want to burst with simple joy.
I can hear the girls waking up now. It is early yet, but they are laughing and talking. Apparently they are discussing snoring sounds.
My fingers move across the keys, glad for each moment.
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© 2012 by Julie Jordan Scott
Julie Jordan Scott has been a Life & Creativity Coach, Writer, Facilitator and Teleclass Leader since 1999. She is also an award winning Actor, Director, Artist and Mother Extraordinaire. She was twice the StoryTelling Slam champion in Bakersfield. She leads Writing Camp with JJS & this Summer will be traveling throughout the US to bring this unique, fun filled creative experience to the people wherever she finds the passion & the interest.
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