What keeps you up at night?
I need rest. Sleep restores and prepare my mind, body, and spirit so I can be the active, creative, positive mom-wife-friend-writer-consultant I want to be. This means making the most of […]
Tag Archives: sleep
Make Something: As a Cat
“Imagine you are an animal and work as that animal would today.” Cats at their day jobs We have three cats: two adults called Frankie and Dash, and a kitten […]
Make Something: Pet Friendly
arms and legs entwined intimate unison rest afternoon cat nap
Paws Alarm
four in the morning cat’s paws demand attention by kneading my arm
Tired Program
newscaster speaks three minutes at a time sleepy viewer misses whole stories jumbles others political scandal high school athletes natural disaster one segment or more? she blinks but sleep wins […]
Zzzzzzzz
ass on couch feet propped up crackers in a dish wine in her cup children chatting in their beds two with each other one on the web mama doesn’t notice […]
Silhouette
Day 293 prompt: Silhouette In the blue black of midnight Mama stirs, her sleepy hair chafing the pillowcase. Eyes still closed, she focuses on the silence. Only the shower head whispers […]
Sunday Morning
Day 270 prompt: Musical (to the tune of Oklahoma) Sunday morning, When the kids sleep while alarms do ring It seems they don’t mind if we’re so behind as we […]
Bedroom Scene
Day 204 prompt: Night Shot sleeping peacefully lost in a dream chest rising and falling lit by moonbeams room nearly silent save a soft snore sweet silent slumber ‘til a book […]
Bread Broken
Day 144 prompt: Broken Bread broken Wine poured In the quiet Pastor lifts Sacred diet Precious gifts Silence broken Dad snored
Resurrection
Day 114 prompt: Refreshing (a haiku) new spring breeze exhales hyacinth over our bed rise again refreshed
Heavy
Day 92 prompt: Heavy (a haiku) house tidy kids down mom stretches out to read but heavy eyelids close
Sweet Embrace
Day 47 prompt: sweet mother’s lips rest softly on baby’s warm head fine wisps of hair sway slightly with her exhale through half-closed eyes she treasures his […]
Beth Nyland 