IT'S MORNIN', MOM!

     Good morning! Today at 7am, my usual wake-up time, it is very dark. Time is about to change, just ten more days. I was tempted to stay in bed and simply say, "We're changing time early." I usually walk with my husband to the truck to tell him goodbye and then go open up the chicken coop. Lately though, I've been waking the chickens. Oh, do they cause a ruckus when they are awakened early! Today, I shall let them sleep in.
     Although laziness just about took over this morning, I ran to the door in enough time to yell goodbye to my husband. I heard him shaking down the ash in the coal stove. There's been a chill in the air at night, even though the days are pleasant. I could hear in my mind my youngest saying, "It's mornin', Mom. Time to get up." He is very light dependent. When it's dark, he wants to sleep: when it's light, he wants to be up. All summer, no matter what time, if he woke up and the sun was shining, he would insist that we were up, too.
   The sun is starting to shine now. My little man just walked in, saying, "Mom, is it early in the morning?"
     "Un-huh."
      "Why is it early in the mornin?'"
     "Because the sun's just wakin' up."
     LOVE...It"s such a wonderful reason to wake up!