My Bed

When my ex and I picked out this king sized bed 23 years ago after losing all in our bedroom to a fire, little did i know of the many days i'd lay on it overwhelmed by life's circumstances, physically drained from caring for my daughter disabled with with cp and alone, as a single woman, single parent disabled by rheumatoid arthritis and obesity. This is a mahogany four poster bed with pineapple finials topping each post. It is a huge bed sometimes shared by my oldest daughter where she empties her heart to me, tells me how much i mean to her, and where we giggle and laugh together about silly inane things. It is a bed that my parents cuddled with their grandchildren once upon a time in galena. It is a bed holding memories of three little girls and a mom and dad cuddling and laughing.