There was music as I drifted between sleep and wake, distant notes. The room was dark and the covers offered the perfect weight. I snuggled down deeper into them and Stuart scooted across the great divide of the king-sized bed to pull me close. Sleep claimed us until the notes interrupted again.
Stuart stirred. "Hon, it's time. It's time to get up and get ready for church. Hon?"
"Uh-uh. I don't want to get up."
"Do you want to sleep in and go to Sunday School?"
"Uh-huh."
Stuart hit the snooze button and we slept, warm and cozy, for another little while.
The moment of reckoning could not be delayed forever and I wrestled my way from under the covers in search of the shower and a cup of coffee.
A fog of sleepiness still laid claim to my brain in Sunday school.
"We didn't see ya'll in the first service."
"I know. " Stuart replied. " We had a long day yesterday so we slept in. We'll be at the second service."
We will? You only mentioned Sunday School; you didn't say anything about church. I just want to go home and climb back in bed.
But there we were, all in a row, singing old hymns and listening to words on doubt and faith. The last bits of fog drifted away, and in that moment, I discovered that this was right where I wanted to be.
Stuart stirred. "Hon, it's time. It's time to get up and get ready for church. Hon?"
"Uh-uh. I don't want to get up."
"Do you want to sleep in and go to Sunday School?"
"Uh-huh."
Stuart hit the snooze button and we slept, warm and cozy, for another little while.
The moment of reckoning could not be delayed forever and I wrestled my way from under the covers in search of the shower and a cup of coffee.
A fog of sleepiness still laid claim to my brain in Sunday school.
"We didn't see ya'll in the first service."
"I know. " Stuart replied. " We had a long day yesterday so we slept in. We'll be at the second service."
We will? You only mentioned Sunday School; you didn't say anything about church. I just want to go home and climb back in bed.
But there we were, all in a row, singing old hymns and listening to words on doubt and faith. The last bits of fog drifted away, and in that moment, I discovered that this was right where I wanted to be.
**Visit Christine at Fruit in Season for her perspective on the valleys that are part of marriage and to view other participants responses to the marriage challenge.
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