The Norm

This morning as I lay in my warm cozy bed with the covers pulled up to my neck
I listened.  Rain.  Again.  Now with temperatures in the low 60s.  Can you say brrr?!

Fridays are normally the days I go to one of my favorite little coffee shops for a mocha and 
do some writing.  But I didn't want to get out of bed and go today.  It's cold...and wet.
The thought was enough to make me snuggle down lower and let the comforter wrapped 
itself around me. Closing my eyes, my mind begins to wander...

I see myself in the place where everybody knows my name, being greeted by my favorite 
Friday person ordering my usual; a mocha because I love the way my Friday person 
makes it; so smooth, creamy, and delicious.  I see myself walking to the back where 
it's a little quieter and picking out one of the plush chairs to sit in.  There I wait until 
you appear.  I can feel myself brighten upon seeing you and I hug you.


I try to translate so many feelings into that warm embrace; how much I love you, 
how great I think you are, how happy I am to have these stolen moments of time 
with you, and how much I miss you when you're not there.  


I see you sit beside me and we begin catching up talking about everything and 
nothing that is happening in our lives.  And as I see your smile and smile back I 
realize that this connection time with you feels exactly the same as the comforter
wrapped around me.  


Both feel....comforting.

I open my eyes and listen again.  The rain has stopped.
I push myself out of the bed and into some clothes. 
I head to the coffee shop where everybody knows my name.  My Friday person greets me and makes my mocha just how I like it...so smooth, creamy, and delicious.  As I set up my tablet and my keyboard, I can feel myself brighten.  


Because this is where I get to see you. 

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