Just Like a Newborn

A friend of ours just had a baby the other week. She came over to Mom’s this evening with the little guy in tow. I had just finished mowing so stopped in to see the baby and chat a bit. Two of Mom’s babysittee mothers came to pick up children while I was there.

They were oohing and aahing over the baby as he sleepily blinked his eyes slowly at them. They were talking about how newborns seem to struggle to stay awake and how they blink their eyes so slowly in the process. Mom, probably not really thinking about what she was saying, said, “That’s exactly how I am at church in the evenings.” We all cracked up. (Our church is having revival meetings this week.)

Mom is probably well justified being sleepy when she sits down for any length of time. She often gets up around 4:30 in the morning, sometimes earlier but not often much later than 5:00. She babysits all day, so she has reason to be exhausted. She has a lot of mothers that depend on her. For a short period of time today, she had nine children at one time, including four babies ranging in age from 10 to 18 months. Fortunately, most of the children are school age and are only there before and after school for a couple of hours.

I love my Mom…