"Christmas is a quiet time," begins Deborah Underwood's
The Christmas Quiet Book. Her quiet examples (like those in
The Quiet Book) are so creative and so wonderfully illustrated (by Renata Liwska) that I read this sweet book every day! Today was a quiet day, and as I moved through baking bread and cookies, assembling the holiday village, reading, and listening to holiday music, I contemplated the quiet things in her lovely book and the quiet things in our lives.
The author's "mistletoe quiet" reminds me of how I had to explain the significance of mistletoe to my four-year-old friend. Her "breathing clouds quiet" reminds me of the white clouds my walking friend and I made on our morning walk. I have experienced these quiet moments also today:
- watching birds at the feeder quiet
- remembering favorite people quiet
- keeping an eye on the cookies quiet
- wrapping gifts quiet
What quiet moments have others savored?
Early morning fog quiet. House after Thanksgiving quiet. Walking in socks quiet. Staring contest with a deer quiet.
ReplyDeleteI love these, Joyce! I experienced the last one the other morning by Snail Lake. They moved first.
ReplyDeleteHitting the "send" button on my computer for new manuscript to my editor quiet. It was a very satisfying quiet today!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I have a few moments to spare before I need to hurry out the door quiet. That doesn't happen very often.