Sometimes Sunday Makes Me Sad

This morning it was tough to get out of bed.  Mondays are sometimes rough....especially when my husband says he has to go in early.  We have this wonderful weekend and then it is back to the work week. 

Am I grateful that we both have jobs?  Yes!  Is it wonderful that I have an ambitious husband?  Yes!  Do I like my job?  Yes!  For some reason though on Monday mornings when we all leave the house and go in separate directions it just makes me feel alone!  I am very much a family person.  Saturdays and Sundays are the highlight of my week!  I love spending that family time together.  When the kids are at their dad's my hubby and I take time for us.  He is my best friend and I love spending time with him!  Is it selfish to want to have that all the time?  I know I know....life just doesn't work that way.

Last summer my husband was feeling like this (and I know he still does) and he wrote a poem about it.   

SOMETIMES SUNDAY MAKES ME SAD


Sometimes I wish Saturday lasted all year
Because on Sunday morning I wouldn't just stare
I think "Will it be the last time I get to watch you this way?"
As I watch you sleep peacefully as softly you lay
As my hand smoothes gently across your skin
(You smile gently and I watch you and grin)
Peace settles on you and you never open your eyes
You know it's just me when I'm touching your thighs

You open up to me knowing we’re connected
Never opening your eyes because the day becomes hectic
I think to myself many will try to tear us apart
Wanting my time from your time and away from our hearts
I'd flirt across the room and you'd know my thoughts
I am not listening to them and then we engage our plot
You smile "Will you rescue me and take me away?"
"Take me back to when it was a night called Saturday?"
"Even though we had a fight when we were nestled in our bed"
I'd rather listen to you snore than to hear them instead

Sometimes Sunday makes me sad
Cause I have to share you with the world
Wanting to tuck you away and hide my beautiful pearl
Wanting to be selfish and keep your warmth all to myself
As selfish as that is they don't know the kind of love we've felt
As we slowly move forward to what will become Monday
We take a nap during the day to make Sunday try to stay

But sometimes Sunday makes me sad
Because it becomes a day closer to being without you
And the night is further lost to another day of going through
Moments I could have had if I were with you

Sunday's are great when there is no one at home
But I'd rather have my Sunday's with you
Than to be without you ...Alone

By James W. Robertson, II (June 16, 2009)


So what am I going to do about today?  I am going to get my attitude in check and I am going to look forward to what God has planned for me!  I know there is a reason why I work at the job that I have and I know that God is using me to touch others as I go throughout my day. 

Lord, thank you for giving me this day!  It is another opportunity for me to share YOU with others.  Help me to walk the path you have set for me.  Help me to be sensitive to those that are needing a touch or a word from you Lord.  Help me to shine YOUR light wherever I go!  In Jesus Name.  Amen!