Which parent hasn’t gone to their children’s bedroom and checked whether they’re breathing?
When we know that they are breathing we feel peace. They are alive. At peace. You’re at peace because they’re not yelling or screaming. They just lie there. Alive. Full of potential, full of possibility of the new day that will come.
A parent feels a particular feeling watching her child sleep.
The sound of their breath is a deep sign of life, of peace, of simplicity, of beauty.