First Snowfall For Lovers 6
The next day our neighbors Laura and Willy came over. She with a happy hello and a pan of brownies.
Willy complaining about the snowplow berms in front of his driveway. We had one but quickly cleared it before it turned to a giant ice cube.
My Lover told him Your day seems the worst ever but tomorrow will be better because life goes on. A person's limit can be a silly thing that will set off the final blow.
A piece of burned toast, noisy people or even a dog ripping up your new flowerbed. It can be anything that sets off the final limit. Tomorrow will bring a new life. Yesterday is gone smile and wave it goodbye. You won't miss what did not happened because it was not to be. Open your mind and your heart, become free. Each and every day is your second chance. Toss away the old sorrows or best yet give it to your greatest enemies with your heart open as a gift. You will never know how you made them feel.
Willy went off complaining about lectures.
Laura looked at me saying Ha ha ha ha ha you shut him up. That is so rich!!!
Laura said a lot of people are “peaches” , warm and fuzzy on the outside, but stony and hard on the inside. My Willy is a “coconut.” His hard exterior is tough to crack, but once you do, you’ve got a friend for life. We both agree and thank her for the brownies.
I told my Lover Laura has love and patience.
He smiled and quoted: Love makes your soul crawl out from it's hiding place. From Zora Neale Hurston.
Kimmie and Fritz's vehicle was fixed so they went home the next day. the roads were cleaned off.
It was quiet in our home. The animals are fed and sheltered. All guests have left. My lover is reading, and I am practicing my belly dancing moves to help strengthened the stomach muscles and serve as a form of self-hypnosis. There has been a lot of stress going on because of the blizzard and unexpected guests. Belly dancing was originally done by women for women to show the undulating belly as it resembles a woman giving birth.
I am almost in a trance when my Lover looks up and smiles. It gives him so much pleasure to see me happy and dancing without stress.
After an hour of practice, I am tiring. He sees me slowing down. He rises and goes to the kitchen to put the kettle of water on the stove. The house is warm now because the electricity has come on. The hot water heater has not filled yet. He removes my sweaty costume. With a warm pan of water from the stove he bathes me oh so tenderly. Quickly toweling me as he rinses me. A warm robe covers my body. He gently washes my hair in a basin and rinses.
By now I am very relaxed. A warm cup of chamomile tea and I am covered with a warm blanket and taken off to the warm bedroom.
An hour later after wonderful passionate love making, we both fell into a deep sleep. We woke up five hours later famished. We both dressed in warm clothes and shoes.
My lover went out to tend the animals while I stoked the wood stove and the fireplace. For dinner I made bacon, eggs and waffles with real maple syrup.
There were a few phone calls asking how we were. Fritz called and said “I hope to see both of you at the winter festival under the big tent next week, dancing, sampling honey, visiting the videos of the beehives, tasting the local cooking and savoring life. You two certainly do enjoy life.” Then we both selected a book to read while we both sat together on the sofa in front of the fire.
© Julia A Knaake