Essie Naps Through A Summer Night
Inexplicably, Essie fell asleep when I was driving her back from Nannie and Grandpa’s house today. It was bright out, only 7pm, but when I opened the back door of the car, she was totally asleep. I gently picked up her car seat and she kept sleeping in it; so I left her in the bathroom with the fan running. That was 90 minutes ago. There has been time to congratulate Kourtni on her wedding day (today, she and Arlene eloped!), feed the cat, try on my wedding celebration clothes (New Orleans, in a few days!), make dinner, eat dinner, do laundry, and browse the internet. What a strange feeling, sharing this twilight time between just the two of us, Mykala and I.
As I type this, the eastern sky is reflecting the pink rays of the setting sun as the last of the day fades into the deepening blue of twilight. The birds are chirping gently in the trees and there is no wind and no bugs. Let me impress upon you the splendidness of a warm Minnesota night with neither wind nor bugs. It is a rare gift, like a four-leaf clover, and our windows are open letting in all the gentle wafts of cool air.
Moments like this make me so happy, and I love having a space to write about them because they are so profoundly precious. And so, I entrust this memory to my mind and to this space, hoping to visit it again in the future.
I love love love summer, and my family.