Morning person reflections

Being a morning person means that usually I am alone every single day. It is mostly good, or am I rationalizing it to feel good about it? I mean, it is quiet and peaceful. I have my space, am able to think and reflect and watch the wonders of sunrise. But it also means that I tip toe around quietly so as not to disturb, not to awaken, not to trouble, not to get in the way of ... all the other sleepers out there. Some days it feels lonely and I just wish I could share the start off the day with someone. Go for a walk, talk, or be silent together, share the dawn, the morn, new beginnings.

That is why I love to go to conferences and room with my friends. Some of them are morning people too and we can chit chatter away, make coffee, giggle, walk out into the street, or share some intimate disclosures which always seem to come out best early in the day.

Some days, though, I just become so tired of tip-toeing around ...

Once, I was married to a morning person. It was fun. We would wake up very early indeed, pull on our clothes and with our first cup of coffee drive out to see the geese in the swamps flying out for their first morning flight. Or, we would sit out in the yard looking at the birds at the many different feeders he had created for all their various needs, shapes and sizes.

I did not appreciate it.

Now I do.

Comments

[Tamarika]

LOL, Tamar. So true, so true! Nostalgia sure is wicked, isn't it? Distorted and illusory!

[tamar]

yet... would you want to married to that morning person TODAY? blue-plate special is this life, i have learned. no substitutes for parts you, uh, prefer not to have;-)

[Tamarika]

Yes, I do too - mostly, love (nay adore) the solitude of those hours. But oy, Danny, I would love to have an early morning coffee with you. Amen to the same city idea! Yes indeed!

[Danny]

Kendall is never up when I am in the morning (often she has gone to bed a few hours before I wake up) but I love the solitude of those hours. On the other hand, it would be great to meet you for early morning coffee twice a week. Maybe we'll live in the same city one day?