{"id":2985,"date":"2014-01-29T09:09:36","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T14:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=2985"},"modified":"2014-01-29T09:10:22","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T14:10:22","slug":"savoring-the-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/29\/savoring-the-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"Savoring the Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night I got back from teaching, nursed Doodle, gave the girls good-night kisses and had my dinner.\u00a0 As hubby put Doodle to bed, I sat down to write a blog post and nothing came to me.\u00a0 I checked into Facebook and Twitter and read my emails then headed into bed.\u00a0 As I lay there trying to fall asleep I pondered why I couldn\u2019t come up with anything to write about and I realized most of posts are pre-written in my head while I lay in bed at night, while I feed Doodle early in the morning or when I\u2019m in the shower (the exact place where Beyond Mommying was born, see\u00a0“What it’s All About”<\/a>).\u00a0 I realized it\u2019s the quiet.<\/p>\n

\"DSC09656\"<\/a>\u00a0I live in a noisy, noisy world of talking, crying, fussing, arguing, whining, and screaming not to mention the instruments, pots and pans, tap shoes and \u201clearning toys\u201d which provide all-day entertainment for my kids.\u00a0 When I finally get to a place where it\u2019s quiet and I\u2019m alone with my thoughts, my mind goes crazy!<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always loved background noise.\u00a0 Growing up I would study with the TV or radio on.\u00a0 Even now when the girls are sleeping and I\u2019m working on the computer, I always have the TV on.\u00a0 I don\u2019t pay much attention but the noise is there (which also helps the kids sleep, I think).<\/p>\n

The difference, though, between the background noise I create with music or TV and the noise which fills my home during most of the day is the attention required.\u00a0 I can tune out the background noise, I can ignore what\u2019s happening on the radio or TV, but I\u2019m constantly aware (at least subconsciously) of the noises my children are making.\u00a0 I\u2019m constantly \u201con\u201d and when I accidentally slip \u201coff\u201d and don\u2019t pay close attention is when I catch my 3-year-old in my bathroom slathered in expensive lotion because I (apparently) told her she could get some lotion for her tummy.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a hard thing to understand when you aren\u2019t used to constant noise and being unable to \u201czone out\u201d but those quiet and alone moments are magical.\u00a0 Being able to focus on your own thoughts and let your mind wander to and fro, wherever it wants to go without interruption is a pretty great thing and something I\u2019ve come to appreciate even more since embarking on my noisy (but wonderful) mommying adventure!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last night I got back from teaching, nursed Doodle, gave the girls good-night kisses and had my dinner.\u00a0 As hubby put Doodle to bed, I sat down to write a blog post and nothing came to me.\u00a0 I checked into Facebook and Twitter and read my emails then headed into bed.\u00a0 As I lay there […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-mommys-life","category-mommy-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2985"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2988,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2985\/revisions\/2988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}