Just for a Moment

It's not quite 8 am, the boys are still asleep, and my house is Totally clean. Jared's sister stayed with us last night on her way from here to there, and while I was waiting for her midnight arrival I vacuumed, mopped, cleaned bathrooms, etc. The toys are put away. The faucets shine. There is nothing sticky on the kitchen floor. It feels very peaceful.

Any minute now the boys will wake up and that will be the end of it. In ten minutes there will be suction darts stuck to my windows, strawberry jam on the carpet, and smelly things in the bathroom.

But there will be hugs and laughter and happy boy voices too.