February 28, 2008

Day 4 - Melt Away

I woke up at 8:30 this morning, but I didn't open my eyes. I laid there listening to the sounds of the life in this house. My daughter who got up way too early quietly playing, the coffee grinder running, the sun getting ready to shine right on my face.

So I got up.

I snatched my half read book off my night stand and grabbed my soft blanket. Shuffling down the stairs to the refreshing smell of coffee brewing.

I spent most of the morning in somebody else's world. The world of my book. Only half returning when food, drink or attention was needed from my good little girl. Sometimes she's likes to listen to me read my books out loud. I don't think she understands all of it, but maybe the sound of my voice soothes her.

I finished that book. I closed the cover and looked up to find the sun dancing around my feet. For a couple of hours the book was still with me and I was not fully in my own life. The magical golden sunlight streaming in the window was just as dreamy.

For the first time in a long time it doesn't feel like my heart is covered in the cold snow. As the sun melts away at the snow outside so it melts away the snow that covered my heart this winter.

Take me away beautiful sun to that magical place called Summer.

February 28, 2008

Day 4 - Melt Away

I woke up at 8:30 this morning, but I didn't open my eyes. I laid there listening to the sounds of the life in this house. My daughter who got up way too early quietly playing, the coffee grinder running, the sun getting ready to shine right on my face.

So I got up.

I snatched my half read book off my night stand and grabbed my soft blanket. Shuffling down the stairs to the refreshing smell of coffee brewing.

I spent most of the morning in somebody else's world. The world of my book. Only half returning when food, drink or attention was needed from my good little girl. Sometimes she's likes to listen to me read my books out loud. I don't think she understands all of it, but maybe the sound of my voice soothes her.

I finished that book. I closed the cover and looked up to find the sun dancing around my feet. For a couple of hours the book was still with me and I was not fully in my own life. The magical golden sunlight streaming in the window was just as dreamy.

For the first time in a long time it doesn't feel like my heart is covered in the cold snow. As the sun melts away at the snow outside so it melts away the snow that covered my heart this winter.

Take me away beautiful sun to that magical place called Summer.