I can still remember the first time
I stole some time for a nap.
It was a warm day outside,
I was pregnant with my second child.
Child #1 was out playing with his Dad.
I was tidying up his bedroom
when suddenly his bed called my name.
I slowly lay down.
The window was wide open.
A light breeze drifting through
bringing sounds of happy play.

I’ll just lie down for a minute
my sensible, guilty brain said.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
my naughty brain murmured.
It felt so nice to hang onto
the stillness of my body.
Outside sounds slipping
further and further away.
Gently I was drifting off.
That beautiful moment
between awake & asleep.
A few seconds of awareness
that felt like heaven.

I go through phases now of nap time stealing.
“I’m just going to fold the laundry.”
Totally nap.
“I might go and have a little read.”
Nap.
My husband suddenly piping up “where is mummy?”
SNORE.
Sometimes life of course does not permit such whimsical loveliness.
Those moments when I can though are pure hmmmmmmm.

See if you can steal away a little time for yourself this month of November.
Feeling guilty? No, understand that you are just balancing out the tiredness from the year and prepping yourself for … well you know what the next month is to come! Dun, Dun Dunnnnnn.
So do it now. Take the rest you need – just a month of mini-hibernation just for you.