I feel like the house is empty.

Not very often but occasionally after my children have gone to bed and I am alone downstairs trying to relax, I get this feeling that the house is completely empty. Being a person who doesn’t much like to be alone, even through the day, it kind of puts me on edge and I become aware of every sound around me, inside and outside.
This is how I have felt tonight, my little ones are sound asleep and I cannot hear a peep from them, it’s as though they aren’t even here. It’s at times like this that I really appreciate the mayhem during the day that comes from being a mum. x