Day 203 • Grateful for the Night via /r/gratitude

All is quiet now. The children are in bed and the day is done. Many are already sleeping as the Sandman continues to make his rounds.

I’m grateful for the night. The peace it brings. The beauty in it. Most men have stopped their warrior tasks and women are getting comfort and their beauty sleep. It’s a time of rest and rejuvenation.

I’m grateful for the night, I wish it lasted longer than the day. I long for a good winters nap but it’s nowhere near. Summer is upon us and I’m so much closer to the equator than where I grew up.

I miss the snow, as cold as it was. But there was a comfort there. Maybe it was the comfort of my parents or that of my family. They are all winter born, as was I. It’s a sweet sorrow. But a sorrow nonetheless.

The night is as close now as I can be to the long sleep I long for. I will give thanks to the night now, like I have never done before. I was never thankful for the night. Until now. Now, I am eternally grateful for the night, and the comfort it brings me.

Thank you night. Thank you stars and moon. Thank you, thank you, thank you.