Quiet

There was a rare moment this morning when all I could hear were the
birds outside. The power was out, the fan was off, the boys weren't up
and around yet, no one was in the breezeway, it was grand. And yet
really odd. There is a main road parallel to our compound, not so near
where traffic is an issue but near enough you can hear the hoot of large
trucks passing by. Living on a compound which serves as a school for
300+ kids and a clinic and a church can often be a place of organized
chaos but for a few moments this morning there was calm, there was a
stillness I didn't know I had been missing. A hush had fallen over us.
Sometimes things are so busy that I don't remember to be quiet or there
aren't many opportunities to find it but this morning it was there.