CRAZYNESS OF LIFE

I’m trying to find my words on this white screen, and they are keep coming…

Life’s been crazy, sometimes crazy good, other times just crazy, but definitely not just normal…

Like countless nights when my son Amir dream bad dreams and starts crying, other times he just wants to go to toilet, or worst when we forgot to put his pampers on, and it is too late till we get to his room; times when he is just walking through the house towards our room… 

Aisha on the other side she is a great screamer, constant, persistent and faithful, anytime when she awakes, especially if she is hungry at 4am, and then starting with 6am, nothing can stop her till we don’t get her out of bed. 

From all of us, just me can’t sleep in all of these “sounds”, my wife is usually too tired, and my older girls I guessed they got used to sleep in such environment.

It was one of the evenings when I decided to go earlier to bed, usually my wife goes first, she just stayed to work on our finances, in the finally quietness of our house, kids were sleeping.

About midnight she invades my room and with a frightening low voice said into my ear: “Somebody is downstairs at our house door and tries to get in the house!”.

Still half a sleep not knowing if I should let my adrenaline rush through the whole body I asked: “How do you know?”.

“I’ve seen the handle moving and I heard noise by the door”.

Now my mind starts to think, cranking, with gaps of quick info, finally I had the idea to look out on the window towards the front of our house. 

I forgot to tell you that my kids call me the father of 7, because I am the one that usually fed Honey, Atta and Tiger; our dog and 2 cats. So, outside the dog seems to chase the cats by the door, so I said with a relief in my voice and in my body:

“Is nobody out, are just the animals.”.

My wife, relaxed 50% and said that she needs to check. I said: "Just forget about it, I locked the door and nothing can happen anyway.". 

She left the room and I got back into the coziness and warmth under the cover into bed. 

Peace was coming down on me, hoping that I can fall asleep again, when I hear her screaming with her might: “Come down, come down now!!!!”.

I reload myself in the action mood, this time I was running out of the bedroom door, not taking a perfect left turn, down the stairs as a cannonball, and it crossed through my mind that I didn’t get any baseball bat in my hands, like in American houses and movies (Hey, we play soccer here, and a soccer ball will not help in this case), then in the same time I was thinking if I will really use a baseball bat to hurt someone? I did not have time to think anymore, because my wife’s screams continue to fright me; in these 2 seconds till I got downstairs a new idea crossed my mind, maybe it is a death person at the door? Anyway, I didn’t have any plan, except that I need to be with my wife facing the… Two mice…

Door was open, and she was in door of the hallway with her body stretched in every direction,  hands and legs, trying to stop the mice from coming into the house. Two cute and “dangerous” mice looked at us with curiosity… The salvation come from the first cat who showed through the entrance cracked door; she got one mouse and left; the second animal that showed in, was our dog. I was too shocked of the scenery, expecting a robber and then facing 2 mice, some of my action thoughts remained blocked on the other hemisphere of my brain. My wife kicked the dog out, and luckily the third visitor was our other cat that came in for the big prize. 

When all was cleared, my wife was sorry for the “zero points red alert”, and I kind of tried to go back to sleep, but the roller-coaster of my feelings were still on the move, so I start meditating on the craziness of life…

I invite you to share also one crazy story of your life... :)