One Thing I Can’t Live Without
For this post I will assume everyone knows my number thing I could NOT live without would be my family, my kids are my life, so for this post we already know that so I’m going with the next thing on my list. This will also not include air, food or water either. A few years ago my husband took our kids with him to go visit my mother-in-law and this would teach me something I didn’t entirely know about myself but should have by this point in my life. The truth is I can’t live without noise. That is true, I absolutely cannot stand silence.
How does a mom of five hate silence right? I mean isn’t that the one thing we crave? I think, at least for me, that we get so use to all the noise that we do not know what to do when it isn’t around. The day they went on their little trip was strange, at first I reveled in the silence because at the time I was in college mode and needed to get assignments done. Perfect right? It was at first, but as the night grew on I started to get nervous. I remember yelling for one of the kids and got no response. In the middle of the night I checked the bedrooms until I remembered they weren’t there. In order to get my noise fix I would call them up, but not all the time would they pick up the phone as they were busy. My homework did get done that night but I didn’t get much sleep.
For me silence means trouble. Someone must be up to no good or silence means the air is shifting and a storm is coming, neither one is a positive thing. When things go quiet, especially in the night I start to get twitchy. If I hear any noise I jump, it could be a cat walking through a bush out in the front yard or watching a tree branch move in the shadows will freak me out. There is just something more comforting to me when there is noise. I ended up having to turn on the television to one of those teenie bopper shows as my dad would’ve called it just so I had noise like children were present. So yes, I could not live without noise.
This is my Day #3 “What Can I not live Without?” What would be something you couldn’t live without? (minus family, air, water, food)
I dont think you could have picked a better thing to never live without! And I relate to silence = trouble! Thats true in our house too 🙂
Noise overwhelms me. I get panicky and I want to run away and close the door. However I realize that isn’t the case for a lot of people. I think calling your family was a good idea. Maybe next time you can just record chaos for a day or so and play it on loop while they are gone. 😉
I’m going to add technology to that “air food and water” list becuase it’s too easy. I’m going to go with conversation.
Lee
I can totally relate!
I’m a mother of four myself and I know how unnerving the quiet can be.
I don’t mind it so much in the day but night time I can’t sleep.
Then I just crawl onto the couch, turn in the tv and crash listening to Disney junior.
When the kids are grown I know it will be tough!
I bet I will be that way soon! With 3 small kids and a new puppy and kitten … the noise is driving me bonkers! BUT, when they are all out… it gets a little creepy around here. Lol. Funny what our normal becomes.
I’m not sure I’ll explain this right. Loud noise overwhelms me, it gets on my nerves quickly. While I do have 5 kids most people say you wouldn’t know it by the house. I don’t have kids slamming toys, running across floors, etc. They like board games, video games, tv, electronic devices and books. My younger daughter likes her dolls, my 7 yr old is about the loudest but that is with his GI Joes and hot wheels. I’ve been to homes that have all the loud noises and without hesitation I yell up the stairs at my own children to quiet it down. It’s just something I do without trying to do it. But I still like noise, just not loud.
I come from a big family so noise in the house doesn’t bother me as much as my husband who was an only child. And YES! Silence means something is def up!
that’s so true- i have to have noise – it actually give me peace to hear that things are happening!
Silence freaks me out after 5 kids so I get what you are saying.
I only have two children but I can’t stand when the house is empty and quiet. So I usually have a radio playing when I’m home working. It makes it easier to concentrate!
I love silence … I think because it never happens. At the same time, I need to feel connected. It is all relative isn’t it?
Before my kids all started school, I couldn’t wait to have a house filled with silence … then school started … and now I can’t stand not having any background noise. It’s funny how it works out like that.
I completely agree with you…when everyone is gone and the silence takes over I get antsy and have no idea what to do with myself.
Besides my family? I would have to say my faith in God.
My husband is the same way. He will have music & the tv going just so there’s something going on. I go the other way and seek out quiet spots (with three kids they are hard to find).
Silence at times is a gift but I agree that many times it can be torture!
I completely understand what you are saying yet I have to say I love the silence… but the right kind of silence, the kind I relish in the early morning when I wake before anyone else in the house. It becomes my privileged time with God, and opportunity to connect with Him and bask in His presence..
I am with you 100% — silence means trouble, especially when you’ve got a toddler!
I couldn’t live without my family either. They are my reason for being and my everything!