She returns bearing coffee and muffins, full of enthusiasm after a facial. She just spent an hour at the centre of the universe.
I haven't got out of bed yet. It feels like somebody is gently massaging barbed wire into my shoulders.
My universe seems to be disintegrating.
Sunlight streams under the blind, highlighting every hair on my arm.
We both fall asleep - her because she's so relaxed, me to get some respite. We're in the same room but in totally different places.
Her hand reaches out, mine takes it. And in that way, some kind of connection is made.
Pandora's Box
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My God you have a gift with the written Word.!
l must admit when l click on your new post link...my heart is in the back of my throat as l'm not sure what to expect...your words always touch me...and sometimes l have to steel myself....in a good way, but only cos l'm a bit fluid just now...
have a great weekend..
saz x
Nice. Profound but not cloying.
You have a real gift for these 100 word posts, very impressive.
I like these more often that your longer posts (though I do enjoy your longer posts) because they are so...there...without all the distracting unnecessary (but entertaining) chaff.
Lovely
I thought you were the one who always bounced out of bed and she was the one who sort of blindly groped and shuffled her way around in the morning? Now you're laying there half dead and she's all sunshine and birds singing? What happened?
See, these 100-Word Stories leave me hanging far too much (what a nest of snakes!).
you do have a gift!
Love it...I see you and I don't feel as if I am spying on such a warm domestic scene [just watched Breakfast at Tiffanys AGAIN and I'm a bit Moon struck] So I'm on the fire escape and just happen to be leaning against your window.
I seriously enjoy reading these posts about your connection with and adoration for your wife. It's heartwarming and offers a bright light to everyone that true love does exist and you can read about it here. It's beautiful.
Feel better soon, we're all hoping for it.
Aw, I love this one. :)
veeery impressive 100 words
Hope you feel a bit better soon. Sounds really awful.
Sorry you weren't feeling well. But wonderful 100 word post. Just wonderful.
Short and beautifully sweet. Life is funny how a connection happens sometimes so simply. Bravvissimo.
Thanks everybody. I like doing the 100 Word posts, I'm never sure what people make of them. They're a bit like writing and a bit like solving a crossword puzzle deciding what to put it and leave out. (Ellen - I do kind of know what you mean, I do wonder whether people find my usual posts too long).
Ellie - I didn't think "cloying" was something I really did. At least I hope not.
Jeannie - When I'm not well I can stay in bed all day.
Singlegirl85 - Thanks for commenting! I hope you stop by again.
Moannie - I love your comments, though shamefully I have never seen Breakfast At Tiffany's.
Seamus - Welcome to the blog, I'm so pleased you stopped by. I think we - or at least I - can overcomplicate a lot of things which should be simple.
I love this one! Feeling connected yet from such distant places ... special.
Thanks Holly - Glad you liked this one.
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