Not a Normal Day. Guest Post by Stuart.
The day started like any other,
An early morning, no need to bother
You with all the minute details
But you need to know, for context you see,
That Georgia and I, on days like these,
Spend half of it all by ourselves
While mom is at work we laugh and play
Of course on any normal day,
But as hinted before this was not
To add some fun to it all
Recently,
Georgia
And actually had become quite mobile
She would move constantly around the room
One leg tucked under like a wounded raccoon
Making it very hard to keep tabs on her
On Momma's way out the door she said
“Keep up with her or you’ll be dead!”
And with a reassuring thumbs up I sent her on her way
While Stinky played I read in the recliner
Thinking to myself “There could be no finer
Of a morning to just sit and relax.”
The previous days had been very busy
With endless school work that always left me
All tuckered out by the end of the day
And so it was on that lazy morning
Finding my book to be a bit boring
My eyelids decided to suddenly get heavy
And though I knew I could not sleep
Because I had a solemn duty to keep
I thought “I could just shut my eyes for a second.”
I should have learned when I tried this while driving
One early morning, that the thought comes from diving
Headfirst into irrationality
Sleepy heads are not so rational
But actually they tend to fall
Towards the chest as sleep takes over
My thoughts passed out of time and space
Taking me to some other place
When suddenly fear took hold and I awoke
How long I was out I did not know
Was it an hour or a minute ago?
Whatever it was something didn’t seem right
The room was filled with sounds of weeping
When I realized that while sleeping
My little girl had up and crawled away
Panic set in and I started to fume
As I looked in the kitchen and living room
Searching for my allusive baby G
There was a sinking in my heart
When through the living room I did dart
Past the front door that had been left open
Alone in the world, this could be bad
My little girl is without her Dad!
She must be frightened all by herself
I never had time to teach her the things
She needed to know, or buy her rings
The weight of it all was more than I could bear
All the thoughts in my head started to race
“What if she was with bad people or in a bad place?”
This helpless feeling pressed down on me hard
What could I have done differently
To prevent such a calamity
From ever having taken place?
It was all my fault my girl was lost
I was on my knees feeling the cost
Looking toward the heavens I cried “Whyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!”
A voice replied from above
And descended like a dove
But none-the-less made me fall on my face
He said “Worry not about your little viper,
She is safe in her cloth diaper.
You needed this to remind you of something important.
For the love you have is not your own
But it comes from Him who is on the throne
And He is your only hope in life and death.
As a parent your failings will be many
So be sure not to hold out any
Trust within yourself.
Putting your hope in the right place
Will protect you just in case
You start to presume the things you shouldn't.
So now that I've given you a shake
It is time for you to wake.”
And with that I came out of a deep sleep
I couldn’t believe it was all a dream
Nothing was really as it seemed
Except the fact that I had been sleeping
Still sitting in my chair
At the floor I did stare
At my baby girl who was fast asleep
Just then Momma walked through the door
To see me sitting and Georgia on the floor
And with a smile on her face she said “Awe”