Two Pillows

Since Monday, there has been one pillow on my bed. It looked quite lonely there all by itself. And, although it did a decent job at holding up the decorative pillows from the middle of the headboard, it all looked just a little lopsided and slumpy. I decided it that's just the way it was going to be until Friday.

Usually, there are TWO pillows on my bed, but Ryan remembered to take his with him when he left on the annual Father/Son campout his family holds every year. Like that single pillow, I do a decent job without him here, but I feel a little lopsided and slumpy when he's gone. And, I'm not the only one. This year was the first year that Kallie really knew what was going on. She missed her daddy terribly! When we pulled away from dropping him off on Monday morning, I looked in the rear-view mirror and saw her beautiful big eyes filling with tears and her little chin quivering in her quest for bravery. She kept telling me in a trembling voice that she was really going to miss her dad. I told her I was going to miss him, too. From that point on, we were counting sleeps until daddy came home--there were 4, (not counting naps).

Then, last night, after Kallie had gone to bed, Ryan called to say they had done everything they had wanted to do and they were coming home a day early! Wah-hoo! I didn't tell Kallie until AFTER her nap today because I knew she wouldn't be able sleep from the excitement of it all. When she found out, though, she couldn't wait to see him! Tonight, as we reviewed her day before she said her prayers, she said, "We went to Rick and Brenda's house to pick up daddy. And he was stinky. And he was wearing a hat." And, that's exactly what she said in her prayers, too!

As for the pillows, my pillow is no longer lonely in the middle of the headboard. There are two of them standing side by side once more. The decorative pillows are standing tall and everything seems balanced again--just as it should be.