This afternoon after my wife returned from work we had a few minutes with no one home but the two of us and we laid down together on our bed to talk about the day. As I was prattling on about one thing or another, our dog jumped up on the bed and sprawled across my chest and legs. All forty-plus pounds of her just laying on me looking at me.
I didn't need to be reminded how good it felt to be pressed against, not in a weird-way, but in a physical closeness that shows you are cared about. My wife placed her arm around me and I was more than doubly-blessed…
The video below is for the song "The Year of the Rat" by Badly Drawn Boy. A few years ago when I was working in the inner city at a school that was about to have its charter revoked, this song made me happy in the mornings. I think you'll see why...
Breathe in, breathe out… YOU AND I ARE ALIVE!
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