Quiet

Hanging out here, resting in bed... after supper. One kid already asleep in her room, the other watching hockey with her dad in the basement.

My bedside lamp casts a warm, comforting glow. It's quiet. So quiet and calm that the pups don't even look up when I shift positions. Everyone is content. I don't care about the pain in my body, or overwhelming fatigue in my head. Because I feel so peaceful.