Why My Unbelievably Mundane Life is Great

As I lay here in bed listening to my husband snore, my beautiful baby girl cries out only once as if she had a nightmare and goes back to sleep. The dog is nussled in under the covers by my feet and the cat breathes loudly by my head, the fish tanks circulate water making me wonder if I left the faucet on for the cat to drink out of. This is how nearly all of my days end and I take it all in because if there is one thing that having a baby has shown me is that every time could be the last, so I take it all in before I close my eyes and get rejuvenated for the next day; where I wake up to kiss my husband goodbye, press snooze on my alarm, fight the child to wake up and to put on her coat. I will kiss her goodbye and hug her tight. I will build relationships with dogs or continue the ones we already have, I will love them all and send them on their way, I will call clients I will clean up messes I will lock the door and drive home. I will carry my missing child around until dinner is cooked and she can eat I will play Lego’s, dolls, and whatever else she can think of before we read a book of her choosing and fill her arms with stuffed animals. I will then say “goodnight sleeptight don’t let the bed bugs bite and if they do take off your shoe and hit them til they’re black and blue that way they don’t bother you” as fast as I can so I don’t have to listen to my little heart breaking as we race for the light switch and the door. I will watch one episode of a show while eating a snack in peace and I will lay in bed with my husband snoring, my dog by my feet and my cat by my side and take in the day.